# loin

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɔɪn/ · frequency rank #39,400

## Definitions
1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-low)
- **lol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lol)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-los)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lou)
- **loo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-loo)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lon)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lyn)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lui)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lor)
- **lop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lop)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lun)
- **lox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lox)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-loy)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-love)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-long)
- **look** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-look)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lost)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lord)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lose)

## Common misspellings (4)
`lloin`, `loinn`, `loni`, `olin`

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