hile
obsolete
hile is spelled H-I-L-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hile means “A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hile is hiles.
How many letters and syllables are in hile?
| Letters | 4: H-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th 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 hile?
Hile appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 hile?
Hile 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 hile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hile.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: heil, heli.
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 hile
- hiles present, singular, he/she/it
- hiling participle, present
- hiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo form sheaves into a hile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hile come from?
Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).