reim
/ɹiːm/noun
reim is spelled R-E-I-M: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reim means “A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reim is reims.
How many letters and syllables are in reim?
| Letters | 4: R-E-I-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 reim?
Reim appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 reim?
- /ɹiːm/
Reim 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).
Words people confuse with reim
Sounds like: ream, reem, rheme (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with reim?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reim.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: emir, mire, rime.
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 reim
- reims plural
- riem
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reim mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does reim come from?
Borrowed from Afrikaans riem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).