anile
/ˈæ.naɪl/adjective
anile is spelled A-N-I-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, anile means “Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anile?
| Letters | 5: A-N-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 anile?
Anile appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 anile?
- UK /ˈæn.aɪl/
- US /ˈæ.naɪl/
- US /ˈeɪ.naɪl/
Anile has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-anile.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as anile (/ænaɪl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: alien, aline, linea, liane.
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 anile
- more anile comparative
- most anile superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman:
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 anile come from?
From Latin anīlis, from anus (“old woman”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).