hid
/hɪd/verb
hid is spelled H-I-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, hid means “simple past of hide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hid?
| Letters | 3: H-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hid?
Hid appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 hid?
- /hɪd/
Hid 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-us-hid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does hid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past of hide
- 2
archaicpast participle of hide
adjective
- 1
Initialism of high-intensity discharge.
noun
- 1
Initialism of human interface device.
- 2
Abbreviation of human-implantable device.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).