collide
/kəˈlaɪd/verb
collide is spelled C-O-L-L-I-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, collide means “To make a direct impact, especially if violent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in collide?
| Letters | 7: C-O-L-L-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 collide?
Collide appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 collide?
- US /kəˈlaɪd/
Collide has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-collide.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with collide?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as collide from its last stressed vowel (/aɪd/):
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 collide
- collides present, singular, he/she/it
- colliding participle, present
- collided participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make a direct impact, especially if violent.
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
- 2
To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
China collided with the modern world.
- 3
To meet; to come into contact.
- 4
To cause to collide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Collide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entrer en collision, heurter, percuter |
| German | kollidieren, zusammenstoßen, plauzen , aufeinander stoßen |
| Portuguese | colidir, chocar |
| Spanish | chocar, colisionar, colidir |
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 collide come from?
From Latin collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (“assimilated form of com-”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).