# plump

> English word · Adjective · IPA /plʌmp/ · frequency rank #22,774

## Definitions
1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
2. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
3. Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.

## Etymology
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

## Easily confused with
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pup)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-plus)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pump)
- **pulp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pulp)
- **puma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-puma)
- **pomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pomp)
- **pumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pumps)
- **Pluto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pluto)
- **plush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-plush)
- **plums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-plums)
- **plug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plug-vs-plump)
- **plum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plum-vs-plump)
- **pimp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-plump)
- **plop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plop-vs-plump)
- **plugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plugs-vs-plump)
- **plume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plume-vs-plump)
- **pluck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluck-vs-plump)
- **plumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumb-vs-plump)
- **plumes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumes-vs-plump)

## Common misspellings (8)
`lpump`, `pllump`, `plmup`, `plummp`, `plumpp`, `plupm`, `pplump`, `pulmp`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/plump