loin
/ˈloɪn/ ~ /ˈlɔɪn/noun
loin is spelled L-O-I-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loin means “The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loin is loins.
How many letters and syllables are in loin?
| Letters | 4: L-O-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 loin?
Loin appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 loin?
- /ˈloɪn/ ~ /ˈlɔɪn/
- /ˈlɑɪn/ ~ /ˈlɒɪn/
Loin has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as loin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lion, lino, noil.
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 loin
- loins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
Holonym: side
- 2
Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.
beef loin; goat loin; lamb loin; pork loin; also chicken loin and turkey loin (but these are almost always referred to as tenderloins)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lombes , filet, côtes premières |
| German | Lende , Rippenstück, Karree |
| Portuguese | lombo |
| Spanish | lomo , lomos |
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 loin come from?
From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus, of uncertain origin, possibly from Oscan-Umbrian *londwo- or Proto-Germanic *lundwuz, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Modern English lend (“loin”), Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Danish lænd, Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (Russian ля́двея (ljádveja)). Doublet of lend.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).