oiled
adjective, verb
oiled is spelled O-I-L-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, oiled means “Covered in, or supplied with, oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oiled?
| Letters | 5: O-I-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th 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 oiled?
Oiled appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 oiled?
- Australia
Oiled 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-au-oiled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oiled?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as oiled.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: oldie.
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 oiled
- more oiled comparative
- most oiled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oiled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
an oiled machine
- 2
slangDrunk. Usually in conjunction with an adverb of degree.
I got well oiled last night.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of oil
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).