rand
/ɹænd/noun
rand is spelled R-A-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rand means “The border of an area of land, now especially marshland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rand is rands.
How many letters and syllables are in rand?
| Letters | 4: R-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 rand?
Rand appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 rand?
- US /ɹænd/
- [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd]
- British /ɹand/
Rand has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sand.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rand?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rand from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: darn, nard, rdna.
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 rand
- rands plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- randing participle, present
- randed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rand mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh
- 2
obsoleteA strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
- 3
UKrareA border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.
- 4
A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- 5
A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
- 6
A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- 7
The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
- 8
A random number.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa)
adjective
- 1
Initialism of reasonable and nondiscriminatory: a standard used with respect to licensing.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo rant; to storm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rand in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense numismatics of South Africa:
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 rand come from?
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).