# trend

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹɛnd/ · frequency rank #2,972

## Definitions
1. An inclination in a particular direction.
2. A tendency.
3. A fad or fashion style.
4. A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
5. The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
6. The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

## Etymology
From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

## Easily confused with
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-trey)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-tres)
- **tried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-tried)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-trunk)
- **Trent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-trent)
- **tweed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-tweed)
- **triad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-triad)
- **tryna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-tryna)
- **trendy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trend-vs-trendy)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-trend)
- **Ted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ted-vs-trend)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tre-vs-trend)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/then-vs-trend)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tree-vs-trend)
- **tend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-trend)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tied-vs-trend)
- **teen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teen-vs-trend)
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tent-vs-trend)
- **trek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trend)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-trend)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtend`, `ternd`, `tredn`, `trendd`, `trennd`, `trned`, `trrend`, `ttrend`

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