# rancid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹænsɪd/ · frequency rank #37,186

## Definitions
1. Rank in taste or smell.
2. Offensive. Unpleasant.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).

## Easily confused with
- **rand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-rand)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-rani)
- **rapid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-rapid)
- **ranked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-ranked)
- **Rankin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-rankin)
- **Rashid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancid-vs-rashid)
- **raid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raid-vs-rancid)
- **ranch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rancid)
- **raced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raced-vs-rancid)
- **rabid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabid-vs-rancid)
- **rance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rance-vs-rancid)
- **rancho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rancho-vs-rancid)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arncid`, `racnid`, `ranccid`, `rancdi`, `rancidd`, `ranicd`, `ranncid`, `rnacid`, `rrancid`

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