pind
/pɪnd/verb
pind is spelled P-I-N-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, pind means “To confine within narrow limits, constrain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pind?
| Letters | 4: P-I-N-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pind?
Pind appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 pind?
- /pɪnd/
- /paɪnd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pind.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pind2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pind
- pinds present, singular, he/she/it
- pinding participle, present
- pinded participle, past
- pin
- pynd
- peynd
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pind mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
- 2
To confine within narrow limits, constrain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pind come from?
From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).