humid
/ˈhjuːmɪd/adjective
humid is spelled H-U-M-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, humid means “Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in humid?
| Letters | 5: H-U-M-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 humid?
Humid appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 humid?
- /ˈhjuːmɪd/
Humid has 2 syllables (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-humid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of humid
- humider comparative
- more humid comparative
- humidest superlative
- most humid superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
humid earth
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense slightly wet:
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 humid come from?
Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).