# rim

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪm/ · frequency rank #8,979

## Definitions
1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
2. A wheelrim.
3. A semicircular copydesk.
4. The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rt)
- **RM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rm)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rn)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rr)
- **RL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rl)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-run)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-row)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rio)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rob)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rip)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-roy)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rod)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rub)
- **ROM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rom)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rim-vs-rug)

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