deel
noun
deel is spelled D-E-E-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deel means “A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deel is deels.
How many letters and syllables are in deel?
| Letters | 4: D-E-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th 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 deel?
Deel appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 deel?
Deel 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).
What rhymes with deel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as deel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: leed, dele, lede.
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 deel
- deels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does deel come from?
Borrowed from Mongolian дээл (deel)/ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).