heddle
/ˈhɛdəl/noun, verb
heddle is spelled H-E-D-D-L-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heddle means “A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of heddle is heddles.
How many letters and syllables are in heddle?
| Letters | 6: H-E-D-D-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is heddle?
Heddle appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 heddle?
- /ˈhɛdəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-heddle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of heddle
- heddles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- heddling participle, present
- heddled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does heddle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
- 2
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
verb
- 1
To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Heddle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of a loom:
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.
Where does heddle come from?
From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).