akin
/ʌˈkɪn/adjective, verb
akin is spelled A-K-I-N: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, akin means “Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in akin?
| Letters | 4: A-K-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is akin?
Akin appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce akin?
- UK /əˈkɪn/
- US /ʌˈkɪn/
Akin has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-akin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with akin?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as akin from its last stressed vowel (/ɪn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kain, naik, kina.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of akin
- more akin comparative
- most akin superlative
- akins present, singular, he/she/it
- akinning participle, present
- akinned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does akin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
- 2
Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?
verb
- 1
rareTo relate or compare; to liken.
I like to akin the P-Diddy case to Gen-Z's version of the O.J. Simpson trial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Akin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apparenté , analogue |
| German | verwandt , ähnlich, analog |
| Portuguese | semelhante |
| Spanish | emparentado, consanguíneo, pariente , semejante, similar, análogo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does akin come from?
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).