coincident
co·in·cid·ent/koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/adjective
coincident is spelled C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables (co·in·cid·ent). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, coincident means “Of two or more objects: being in the same location” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in coincident?
| Letters | 10: C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: co·in·cid·ent |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is coincident?
Coincident appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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 coincident?
- UK /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/
- US /koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/
- US /-ˌdɛnt/
Coincident has 4 syllables, split co·in·cid·ent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-coincident.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coincident
- more coincident comparative
- most coincident superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coincident mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of two or more objects: being in the same location.
- 2
Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
- 3
Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.
- 4
obsoleteChiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.
noun
- 1
obsoleteOne of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does coincident come from?
The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).