# pus

> English word · Noun · IPA /pʌs/ · frequency rank #28,336

## Definitions
1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

## Etymology
From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

## Easily confused with
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-put)
- **PVC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pvc)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pvp)
- **PWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pwc)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pye)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-push)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-puts)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-putt)
- **puss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-puss)
- **pussy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pussy)
- **pushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pus-vs-pushy)
- **p** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/p-vs-pus)
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pm-vs-pus)
- **PC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pc-vs-pus)
- **PA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pus)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pp-vs-pus)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pr-vs-pus)

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