# collide

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəˈlaɪd/ · frequency rank #19,791

## Definitions
1. To impact directly, especially if violent.
2. To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
3. To meet; to come into contact.
4. To cause to collide.

## Etymology
From Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion.

## Easily confused with
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collin)
- **collie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collie)
- **Collins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collins)
- **collier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collier)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-confide)
- **Coolidge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-coolidge)
- **collider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collider)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callie-vs-collide)
- **college** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/college-vs-collide)
- **collage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collide)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccollide`, `clolide`, `colide`, `colilde`, `colldie`, `collidde`, `collied`, `ocllide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/collide