# pug

> English word · Noun · IPA /pʌɡ/ · frequency rank #25,180

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to someone or something small.
2. Senses relating to someone or something small.
3. Senses relating to someone or something small.
4. Senses relating to someone or something small.
5. Senses relating to someone or something small.
6. Senses relating to someone or something small.
7. Senses relating to someone or something small.
8. Senses relating to someone or something small.
9. Senses relating to someone or something small.
10. Senses relating to someone or something small.
11. Senses relating to someone or something small.
12. Senses relating to people.
13. Senses relating to people.
14. Senses relating to people.
15. Senses relating to people.
16. Senses relating to people.

## Etymology
Origin unknown, possibly related to West Flemish pugge (“(adjective) small; (noun) short person; pet name derived from the first name Pugge”); though it is uncertain whether sense 1 (“senses relating to someone or something small”) and sense 2 (“senses relating to people”) are derived from the same source.
Etymology 1 sense 1.8 (“small demon”) was probably influenced by, though not a variant of, puck.

## Easily confused with
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-put)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pun)
- **PVC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pvc)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pvp)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pus)
- **PWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pwc)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pur)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pye)
- **pull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pull)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-push)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pure)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-puts)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pump)
- **punk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-punk)
- **pulp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-pulp)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pug-vs-punt)

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