covid
CO·VID/ˈkoʊvɪd/noun
covid is spelled C-O-V-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables (CO·VID). It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, covid means “Ellipsis of COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of covid is covids.
How many letters and syllables are in covid?
| Letters | 5: C-O-V-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: CO·VID |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th 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; 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 covid?
Covid appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 covid?
- US /ˈkoʊvɪd/
- US /ˈkʌvɪd/
- UK /ˈkəʊvɪd/
Covid has 2 syllables, split CO·VID in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-covid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with covid?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as covid from its last stressed vowel (/oʊvɪd/):
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 covid
- covids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does covid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialEllipsis of COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2.
- 2
archaicA cubit.
- 3
archaicA chi.
noun
- 1
Clipping of COVID-19.
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of COVID-19.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:COVID.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Covid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | covid |
| Spanish | covid |
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 covid come from?
From COVID-19.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).