remiss

/ɹəˈmɪs/adjective

remiss is spelled R-E-M-I-S-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, remiss means “At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in remiss?

Letters	6: R-E-M-I-S-S
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Same letters	misser

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 remiss?

Remiss appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce remiss?

/ɹəˈmɪs/

Remiss has 2 syllables (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: En-us-remiss.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with remiss?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as remiss.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: misser.

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).

What does remiss mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
It would be remiss of me, in my duties, if I did not give credit where credit was due.
2
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Remiss in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
German	verantwortungslos (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or…), nachlässig, träge (not energetic or exact in duty or business…)
Spanish	remiso, no poner atención, negligente, disperso (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or…), flojo, descuidado (not energetic or exact in duty or business…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does remiss come from?

From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).