elide
/ɪˈlaɪd/verb
elide is spelled E-L-I-D-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, elide means “To leave out or omit (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in elide?
| Letters | 5: E-L-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is elide?
Elide appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 elide?
- /ɪˈlaɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-elide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of elide
- elides present, singular, he/she/it
- eliding participle, present
- elided participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To leave out or omit (something).
- 2
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
- 3
To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Elide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | omettre , élider , amalgamer, confondre |
| German | weglassen, auslassen , verbinden, vereinigen, verschmelzen |
| Portuguese | omitir , comer sense 5 , unir, amalgamar |
| Spanish | elidir |
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 elide come from?
From Latin ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).