imide
/ˈɪmaɪd/noun
imide is spelled I-M-I-D-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imide means “a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R₁CONHCOR₂” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imide is imides.
How many letters and syllables are in imide?
| Letters | 5: I-M-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is imide?
Imide appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 imide?
- /ˈɪmaɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-imide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of imide
- imides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R₁CONHCOR₂
- 2
the anion NH²⁻
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Imide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of amide:
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.