ibid
/ˈɪbɪd/adverb
ibid is spelled I-B-I-D: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, ibid means “Alternative form of ibid. ("in the same place")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ibid?
| Letters | 4: I-B-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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 ibid?
Ibid appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 ibid?
- /ˈɪbɪd/
- /ɪbˈaɪ̯dəm/
Ibid 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).
What rhymes with ibid?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ibid.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bidi.
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 ibid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of ibid. ("in the same place")
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of ion beam-induced deposition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ibid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abbreviation of ibidem:
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.