rind
/ɹaɪnd/noun, verb
rind is spelled R-I-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rind means “Tree bark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rind is rinds.
How many letters and syllables are in rind?
| Letters | 4: R-I-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is rind?
Rind appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rind?
- /ɹaɪnd/
Rind has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rind.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rind
- rinds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rinding participle, present
- rinded participle, past
- rynd
- rine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rind mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Tree bark.
- 2
A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.
cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind
- 3
rareThe gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
Taking the money from a man when he's got his pants down. What are you, a doctor or a tailor's tout? Thirty bucks! If I figured you'd have the rind to touch me that much I'd have lashed them up with a pair of braces!
- 4
An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.
verb
- 1
To remove the rind from.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rind in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | corteza , cáscara |
| French | pelure, croûte, couenne |
| German | Rinde, Schwarte |
| Portuguese | casca |
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 rind come from?
From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).