# remains

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/ · frequency rank #1,672

## Definitions
1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
2. Historical or archaeological relics.
3. The extant writings of a deceased person.
4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

## Easily confused with
- **remind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remind)
- **retain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-retain)
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-romans)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remand)
- **remiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remiss)
- **remarks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remarks)
- **retains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-retains)
- **romaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-romaine)
- **repaint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-repaint)
- **remaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remaking)
- **rains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rains-vs-remains)
- **reins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reins-vs-remains)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-remains)
- **regain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-remains)
- **remained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remained-vs-remains)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ermains`, `reamins`, `remainns`, `remainss`, `remaisn`, `remanis`, `remians`, `remmains`, `rmeains`, `rremains`

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