# rand

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹænd/ · frequency rank #9,238

## Definitions
1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
2. A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
3. A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
5. A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **rd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rd)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rn)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-run)
- **red** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-red)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-raw)
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rid)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-ron)
- **rat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rat)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rod)
- **rap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rap)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rna)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-ren)
- **Rao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rao)
- **ras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-ras)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rin)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rnc)
- **rav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rav)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-rtd)
- **read** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-read)

## Common misspellings (6)
`arnd`, `radn`, `randd`, `rannd`, `rnad`, `rrand`

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