hind
/haɪnd/adjective, noun
hind is spelled H-I-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Hind, the name). As an adjective, hind means “Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hind?
| Letters | 4: H-I-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hind?
Hind appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Hind, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hind?
- /haɪnd/
Hind has one syllable (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: En-us-hind.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hind
- hinder comparative
- hindmost superlative
- hinds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hind mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- 2
Backward; to the rear.
noun
- 1
A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old.
- 2
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
- 3
archaicA servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hind in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arrière, postérieur , biche |
| German | hinterer, Rück- , Hinde, Hirschkuh, weiblicher Hirsch |
| Portuguese | traseiro, posterior , corça |
| Spanish | trasero , cierva |
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 hind come from?
From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).