redd
/ɹɛd/obsolete
redd is spelled R-E-D-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, redd means “To free from entanglement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in redd?
| Letters | 4: R-E-D-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is redd?
Redd appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 redd?
- /ɹɛd/
Redd 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-redd.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with redd
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: red (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: red.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of redd
- redds present, singular, he/she/it
- redding participle, present
- redded participle, past
- red
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redd mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo free from entanglement.
- 2
obsoleteTo free from embarrassment.
- 3
ScotlandobsoleteTo fix boundaries.
- 4
ScotlandobsoleteTo comb hair.
- 5
ScotlandobsoleteTo separate combatants.
- 6
ScotlandobsoleteTo settle, usually a quarrel.
- 7
ScotlandobsoleteTo tidy up, clear away.
- 8
obsoleteTo clean, tidy up, to put in order.
I've got to redd the place before your mother gets back.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA spawning nest made by a fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does redd come from?
Fusion of Middle English reden (“to clean up, to clear”) and redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”). The former is from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garaidijan, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”); the latter, from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną. More at rid and ready.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).