deride
de·ride/dəˈɹaɪd/verb
deride is spelled D-E-R-I-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (de·ride). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, deride means “To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in deride?
| Letters | 6: D-E-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: de·ride |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th 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 deride?
Deride appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 deride?
- UK /dɪˈɹaɪd/
- US /dəˈɹaɪd/
- US /di-/
Deride has 2 syllables, split de·ride in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deride.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with deride?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as deride 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 deride
- derides present, singular, he/she/it
- deriding participle, present
- derided participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deride mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- 2
obsoleteTo laugh in a harshly mocking manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Deride in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly – see also ridicule, scorn:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bafouer, railler |
| German | lächerlich machen, lustig machen über, verhöhnen, verlachen, verspotten |
| Portuguese | escarnecer, ridicularizar |
| Spanish | burlarse de, irrisionar, ridiculizar a |
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 deride come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).