ident
/ˈaɪdənt/adjective, noun, verb
ident is spelled I-D-E-N-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ident means “Diligent; persistent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ident?
| Letters | 5: I-D-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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 ident?
Ident appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 ident?
- /ˈaɪdənt/
As a noun (“An identification”): /ˈaɪdɛnt/.
Ident 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 ident?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ident.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tined.
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).
Forms of ident
- more ident comparative
- most ident superlative
- eident
- idents plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- identing participle, present
- idented participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ident mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
ScotlandDiligent; persistent.
noun
- 1
An identification.
- 2
A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.
- 3
A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks.
- 4
An identifier.
verb
- 1
To activate the aircraft transponder identification feature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ident in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense broadcasting identifying sequence:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | identifiant visuel, jingle |
| German | Ident |
| Spanish | cortinilla |
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 ident come from?
From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).