send
/sɛnd/verb, noun
send is spelled S-E-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 129 times per million words in written English, the 810th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, send means “To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in send?
| Letters | 4: S-E-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 129 times per million words; the 810th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is send?
Send appears 129 times per million words in written English, the 810th 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 send?
- /sɛnd/
Send 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: En-us-send.ogg, En-uk-to_send.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with send?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as send.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ends, dens, sned.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of send
- sends present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- sending participle, present
- sent past, participle, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does send mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
- 2
slangTo get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
- 3
To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
- 4
To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- 5
To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
- 6
archaicTo bestow; to grant.
- 7
archaicTo inflict; to visit.
- 8
To pitch.
noun
- 1
An operation in which data is transmitted.
- 2
An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
- 3
Alternative form of scend.
- 4
ScotlandA messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- 5
UKslangA callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- 6
A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of send (email icon)
noun
- 1
UKAcronym of special educational needs and disability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Send in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense make something go somewhere:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | envoyer |
| German | senden, schicken, verschicken |
| Portuguese | enviar, emitir, mandar, despachar |
| Spanish | enviar, mandar, remitir, expedir |
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 send come from?
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).