oint
/ɔɪnt/obsolete
oint is spelled O-I-N-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, oint means “To anoint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oint?
| Letters | 4: O-I-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th 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 oint?
Oint appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 oint?
- UK /ɔɪnt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-oint.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oint?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as oint (/ɔɪnt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: into, tion.
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 oint
- oints present, singular, he/she/it
- ointing participle, present
- ointed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oint mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo anoint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oint come from?
From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).