mould
/moʊld/noun, verb
mould is spelled M-O-U-L-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mould means “Commonwealth standard spelling of mold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mould is moulds.
How many letters and syllables are in mould?
| Letters | 5: M-O-U-L-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 mould?
Mould appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 mould?
- UK /məʊld/
- US /moʊld/
- US [moːɫd]
Mould 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). Recordings: En-us-mould.ogg, En-au-mould.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mould?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mould from its last stressed vowel (/oʊld/):
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 mould
- moulds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- moulding participle, present
- moulded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mould mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- 2
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
- 3
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- 4
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
verb
- 1
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- 2
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mould come from?
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).