# rabid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹæbɪd/ · frequency rank #24,562

## Definitions
1. Affected with rabies.
2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

## Etymology
From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

## Easily confused with
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rid)
- **rad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rad)
- **RBI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rbi)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rain)
- **rail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rail)
- **raid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-raid)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-reid)
- **rand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rand)
- **Ravi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-ravi)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rani)
- **Rami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rami)
- **RFID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rfid)
- **Rafi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rafi)
- **radio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-radio)
- **rapid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rapid)
- **ratio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-ratio)
- **robin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-robin)
- **rated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rated)
- **rigid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rigid)
- **raced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-raced)

## Common misspellings (6)
`arbid`, `rabbid`, `rabdi`, `rabidd`, `raibd`, `rrabid`

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