# wimpy

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #39,165

## Definitions
1. Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.

## Etymology
From wimp + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimpy-vs-wipe)
- **wisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimpy-vs-wisp)
- **windy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimpy-vs-windy)
- **witty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimpy-vs-witty)
- **wim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wim-vs-wimpy)
- **wily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wily-vs-wimpy)
- **wimp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimp-vs-wimpy)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willy-vs-wimpy)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiley-vs-wimpy)
- **whimsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whimsy-vs-wimpy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`iwmpy`, `wimmpy`, `wimppy`, `wimpyy`, `wimyp`, `wipmy`, `wmipy`, `wwimpy`

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