kain
/keɪn/noun
kain is spelled K-A-I-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kain means “poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kain is kains.
How many letters and syllables are in kain?
| Letters | 4: K-A-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 kain?
Kain appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 kain?
- /keɪn/
Kain 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).
Words people confuse with kain
Sounds like: Kaine, cane (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: cain.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with kain?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kain.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: akin, 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 kain
- kains plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kain mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kain come from?
Borrowed from Irish cáin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).