cringle
noun, verb
cringle is spelled C-R-I-N-G-L-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cringle means “A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cringle is cringles.
How many letters and syllables are in cringle?
| Letters | 7: C-R-I-N-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st 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 cringle?
Cringle appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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).
What rhymes with cringle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cringle.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: clinger.
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 cringle
- cringles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- crengle
- crenkle
- cringling participle, present
- cringled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cringle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
- 2
A withe for fastening a gate.
verb
- 1
To fasten or attach with a cringle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cringle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a grommet for a sail:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Legel, Lägel, Lögel |
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.