# pulp

> English word · Noun · IPA /pʌlp/ · frequency rank #11,586

## Definitions
1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
2. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
3. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
4. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
5. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
6. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
7. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
8. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

## Etymology
From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

## Easily confused with
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-put)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pun)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pvp)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pus)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pur)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-push)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pure)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puts)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pump)
- **punk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-punk)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-punt)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pune)
- **pups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-pups)
- **puma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puma)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-putt)
- **puns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puns)
- **puss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puss)
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puri)
- **puny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulp-vs-puny)

## Common misspellings (6)
`plup`, `ppulp`, `pullp`, `pulpp`, `pupl`, `uplp`

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