rem
noun, adjective
rem is spelled R-E-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rem means “Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rem is rems.
How many letters and syllables are in rem?
| Letters | 3: R-E-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 rem?
Rem appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st 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 rem?
Rem 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).
What rhymes with rem?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rem.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mer, erm.
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 rem
- rem.
- rems plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
- 2
A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.
- 3
A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
- 4
A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
adjective
- 1
Remaining.
noun
- 1
Initialism of rapid eye movement.
- 2
Initialism of remaining time.
- 3
A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
- 4
Initialism of rare earth metal.
- 5
Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
- 6
Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.
noun
- 1
colloquialA Remington firearm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rem come from?
Initialism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).