anil
noun
anil is spelled A-N-I-L: 4 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Anil, the name). As a noun, anil means “The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anil is anils.
How many letters and syllables are in anil?
| Letters | 4: A-N-I-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 anil?
Anil appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Anil, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with anil?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as anil.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nail, lain.
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 anil
- anils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
- 2
Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
- 3
1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anil in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shrub:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | índigo, anileira, anileiro, indigueira |
| Spanish | añil |
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 anil come from?
From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).