moil
/mɔɪl/verb, noun
moil is spelled M-O-I-L: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, moil means “To toil, to work hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in moil?
| Letters | 4: M-O-I-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd 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 moil?
Moil appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 moil?
- /mɔɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-moil.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with moil?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as moil.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: milo, limo.
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 moil
- moils present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- moiling participle, present
- moiled participle, past
- moile
- moyle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To toil, to work hard.
- 2
To churn continually; to swirl.
- 3
UKTo defile or dirty.
noun
- 1
Hard work.
- 2
Confusion, turmoil.
- 3
A spot; a defilement.
- 4
The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
- 5
The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- 6
The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moil in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hard work:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corvée |
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 moil come from?
From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).