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gyle

/ɡaɪl/noun

gyle is a noun meaning “The amount of beer brewed at a time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-Y-L-E, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gyle is gyles.

What does gyle mean?

noun

  1. 1

    The amount of beer brewed at a time.

  2. 2

    Fermented wort used for making vinegar.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce gyle?

  • /ɡaɪl/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of gyle

  • gyles plural
  • guile

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is gyle?

Gyle appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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).

Where does gyle come from?

From Dutch gijl, from gijlen (“to ferment”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).