did
/dɪd/verb
did is spelled D-I-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 912 times per million words in written English, the 117th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, did means “simple past of do” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in did?
| Letters | 3: D-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 912 times per million words; the 117th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 did?
Did appears 912 times per million words in written English, the 117th 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 did?
- /dɪd/
Did has one syllable (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-ca-did.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with did?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as did.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: idd.
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).
What does did mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past of do
Jeez, did I make a mistake!
- 2
nonstandardpast participle of do; done
noun
- 1
Initialism of direct inward dialing.
- 2
Initialism of dissociative identity disorder.
- 3
Initialism of damsel in distress.
- 4
Initialism of digital input device.
- 5
Initialism of densely inhabited districts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate did?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of did: d'.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).