chid
"chid" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past of chide
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of chide".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is chid, spelled C-H-I-D.
Definition
- 1simple past of chide
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.