# rind

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹaɪnd/ · frequency rank #39,062

## Definitions
1. tree bark
2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
3. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rn)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-run)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rip)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rod)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rna)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rnc)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rtd)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rit)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-road)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-risk)
- **runs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-runs)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-ring)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rise)
- **ruin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-ruin)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-riot)
- **Rita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rita)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-ripe)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-rite)

## Common misspellings (6)
`irnd`, `ridn`, `rindd`, `rinnd`, `rnid`, `rrind`

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