# bain

> English word · Adjective · IPA /beɪn/ · frequency rank #21,450

## Definitions
1. Ready; willing.
2. Direct; near; short; gain.
3. Limber; pliant; flexible.

## Etymology
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

## Easily confused with
- **bi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bi)
- **bn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bn)
- **big** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-big)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bit)
- **bar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bar)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bay)
- **ben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-ben)
- **ban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-ban)
- **BID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bid)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bat)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bin)
- **bio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bio)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bon)
- **bam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bam)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bun)
- **BMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bmi)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-boi)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bis)
- **biz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-biz)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bain-vs-bas)

## Common misspellings (5)
`abin`, `bainn`, `bani`, `bbain`, `bian`

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