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candid

can·did/ˈkæn.dɪd/adjective, noun

candid is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (can·did). It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, candid means “Impartial and free from prejudice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in candid?

Letters6: C-A-N-D-I-D
Syllables2: can·did
In writing2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 candid?

Candid appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 candid?

  • US /ˈkæn.dɪd/
  • US [ˈkʰæn.dɪd]
  • /ˈkeə̯n.dɪd/

Candid has 2 syllables, split can·did in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-candid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with candid?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as candid from its last stressed vowel (/ændɪd/):

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 candid

  • more candid comparative
  • candider comparative
  • most candid superlative
  • candidest superlative
  • candids plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does candid mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Impartial and free from prejudice.

  2. 2

    Straightforward, open and sincere, whether people find either refreshing or distasteful.

    a surprisingly candid admission of guilt

  3. 3

    Unposed or rehearsed.

  4. 4

    obsoleteBright; white.

noun

  1. 1

    A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

    His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Candid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanunvoreingenommen, vorurteilsfrei, unparteiisch (impartial and free from prejudice), freimütig, offenherzig, geradeheraus (straightforward, open and sincere)
Portugueseimparcial (impartial and free from prejudice), cândido (straightforward, open and sincere), sincero (not posed or rehearsed)
Frenchsincère (straightforward, open and sincere), spontané (not posed or rehearsed)
Spanishfranco, cándido (straightforward, open and sincere)

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 candid come from?

Borrowed from Latin candidus (“white”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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