coiled
/kɔɪld/adjective, verb
coiled is spelled C-O-I-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, coiled means “In the form of coils; having coils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in coiled?
| Letters | 6: C-O-I-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 coiled?
Coiled appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 coiled?
- /kɔɪld/
Coiled has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-coiled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with coiled?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as coiled.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: docile.
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 coiled
- more coiled comparative
- most coiled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coiled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In the form of coils; having coils.
a coiled serpent
- 2
Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of coil
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).