collude
/kəˈluːd/verb
collude is spelled C-O-L-L-U-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, collude means “to act in concert with; to conspire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in collude?
| Letters | 7: C-O-L-L-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd 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 collude?
Collude appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 collude?
- UK /kəˈluːd/
Collude 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-collude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with collude?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as collude from its last stressed vowel (/ud/, British pronunciation):
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 collude
- colludes present, singular, he/she/it
- colluding participle, present
- colluded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
to act in concert with; to conspire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Collude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to conspire:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faire collusion, comploter, colluder |
| German | zusammenspielen, kolludieren, konspirieren, zusammenwirken, heimlich kooperieren, unter einer Decke stecken mit |
| Spanish | coludir, conspirar, apaniguarse, apaniaguarse, apañaguarse |
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.