# rapid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹæpɪd/ · frequency rank #3,780

## Definitions
1. Very swift or quick.
2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
4. Violent, severe.
5. Happy.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

## Easily confused with
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rid)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-reid)
- **Ravi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-ravi)
- **RFID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rfid)
- **Rapp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rapp)
- **ratio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-ratio)
- **rated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rated)
- **rigid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rigid)
- **razed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-razed)
- **rapist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rapist)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-raping)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-repaid)
- **Rashid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rashid)
- **rapier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rapier)
- **rapidly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapid-vs-rapidly)
- **rap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rap-vs-rapid)
- **rad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rad-vs-rapid)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rain-vs-rapid)
- **rape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rape-vs-rapid)
- **rail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rail-vs-rapid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`arpid`, `raipd`, `rapdi`, `rapidd`, `rappid`, `rpaid`, `rrapid`

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