gracile
grac·ile/ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/adjective
gracile is spelled G-R-A-C-I-L-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (grac·ile). It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gracile means “Lean, slender, thin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gracile?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-C-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: grac·ile |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th 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 gracile?
Gracile appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 gracile?
- UK /ˈɡɹæsaɪl/
- UK /-sɪl/
- US /ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/
Gracile has 2 syllables, split grac·ile in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-gracile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gracile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gracile (/æsaɪl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: glacier.
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 gracile
- more gracile comparative
- most gracile superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gracile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lean, slender, thin.
- 2
Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.
- 3
Graceful or gracefully slender.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gracile come from?
Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). The sense “graceful or gracefully slender” was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and a doublet of gracilis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).