identikit
/aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/noun, adjective
identikit is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-K-I-T: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, identikit means “A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of identikit is identikits.
How many letters and syllables are in identikit?
| Letters | 9: I-D-E-N-T-I-K-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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 identikit?
Identikit appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 identikit?
- UK /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
- /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/
Identikit has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-identikit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of identikit
- identikits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does identikit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
adjective
- 1
UKderogatoryinformalIndistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Identikit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense facial composite:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | portrait-robot |
| German | Phantombild |
| Portuguese | retrato-robô |
| Spanish | retrato robot, retrato hablado, identikit |
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 identikit come from?
Genericized trademark, from blend of identification + kit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).