Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ids

/aɪ diː ɛs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: ids
IPA: /aɪ diː ɛs/

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of ideographic description sequence.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of intrusion detection system.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of infant-directed speech.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of infectious disease specialist.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Iain Duncan Smith.

British usage

noun

plural of id

noun

plural of ID

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ID

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

IDSs (plural) IDSes (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ids?: The recorded pronunciation is /aɪ diː ɛs/.
What does ids mean?: Initialism of ideographic description sequence.

How to pronounce ids

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