# pubes

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpjuːbiːz/ · frequency rank #42,838

## Definitions
1. plural of pubis (“pubic bones”)

## Etymology
From Latin pubes (“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age; of plants, downy, pubescent”); see puberty.

## Easily confused with
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pus)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pure)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-puts)
- **pubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pubs)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pune)
- **pups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pups)
- **puke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-puke)
- **puns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-puns)
- **puss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-puss)
- **pugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pugs)
- **pulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pulls)
- **pumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pumps)
- **puffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-puffs)
- **pubic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pubic)
- **punks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-punks)
- **Pumas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pumas)
- **punts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-punts)
- **pulses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pulses)
- **purest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-purest)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pub-vs-pubes)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pbues`, `ppubes`, `pubbes`, `pubess`, `pubse`, `puebs`, `upbes`

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