lude
noun, verb
lude is spelled L-U-D-E: 4 letters. 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, lude means “A pill containing the drug methaqualone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lude is ludes or 'ludes.
How many letters and syllables are in lude?
| Letters | 4: L-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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; 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 lude?
Lude 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 lude?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-lude.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lude?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lude.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: duel.
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 lude
- ludes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- luding participle, present
- luded participle, past
- 'lude
- 'ludes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA pill containing the drug methaqualone.
verb
- 1
slangTo get high on Quaalude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lude come from?
Apheretic form of Quaalude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).