kail
noun
kail is spelled K-A-I-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kail means “Alternative form of kale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kail is kails.
How many letters and syllables are in kail?
| Letters | 4: K-A-I-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd 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 kail?
Kail appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 kail?
Kail 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).
Words people confuse with kail
Also written: kale.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with kail?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kail.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kali, laik.
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 kail
- kails plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kail mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of kale.
- 2
ScotlandarchaicAny cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
- 3
A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).