coincident
/kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/
"coincident" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coincident” is an uncommon English word, ranked #51,026 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #51,026
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of two or more objects: being in the same location.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coincident |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coincident” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coincident is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,026 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
coincident has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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… The correct English form is coincident, spelled C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Of two or more objects: being in the same location.
- 2Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
- 3Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.
- 4Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.
Etymology
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.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coincident”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.