caid
/kɑːˈiːd/noun
caid is spelled C-A-I-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caid means “A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caid is caids.
How many letters and syllables are in caid?
| Letters | 4: C-A-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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; 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 caid?
Caid appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 caid?
- /kɑːˈiːd/
- /ˈkɑː.ɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with caid?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as caid.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: acid, adic, cadi.
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 caid
- caids plural
- kaid
- qaid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
- 2
Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
- 3
IrelandModern Gaelic football.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense local governor or leader:
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 caid come from?
From Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”), probably through French caïd (or at least influenced by it in pronunciation). Doublet of alcaide and Alkaid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).