pili
noun
pili is spelled P-I-L-I: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Pili, the name). As a noun, pili means “A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pili is pilis.
How many letters and syllables are in pili?
| Letters | 4: P-I-L-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th 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 pili?
Pili appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Pili, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with pili?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pili.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ipil.
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 pili
- pilis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pili mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.
- 2
The edible nut of the tree.
- 3
plural of pilus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pili come from?
Borrowed from Tagalog pili.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).