rimed
/ɹaɪmd/
"rimed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rimed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rimed · rimed · English
rimed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rimed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹaɪmd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rimed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rimed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹaɪmd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rimed in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rime (etymology 1) + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives, and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs). The correct English form is rimed, spelled R-I-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rimed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rimed window permitted only shades of the traffic outside.
Etymology
From rime (etymology 1) + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives, and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.