# rent

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛnt/ · frequency rank #2,592

## Definitions
1. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
2. A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
3. A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
4. An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. Income; revenue.
6. An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.

## Etymology
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rt)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rn)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-run)
- **rep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rep)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-ron)
- **rev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rev)
- **rex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rex)
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-res)
- **Rey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rey)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rot)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rna)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rin)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-ret)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rut)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rnc)
- **reo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-reo)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rit)
- **rez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rez)
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-rest)
- **runs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-runs)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ernt`, `rennt`, `rentt`, `retn`, `rnet`, `rrent`

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