pintle
pin·tle/ˈpɪntəl/noun
pintle is spelled P-I-N-T-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (pin·tle). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pintle means “The penis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pintle is pintles.
How many letters and syllables are in pintle?
| Letters | 6: P-I-N-T-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pin·tle |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 pintle?
Pintle appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 pintle?
- /ˈpɪntəl/
- [ˈpʰɪntl̩]
- /ˈpɪɾ̃əl/
Pintle has 2 syllables, split pin·tle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-pintle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pintle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pintle.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: leptin.
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 pintle
- pintles plural
- pintel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pintle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The penis.
- 2
A pin on the buckle of a belt used to fit into the holes of the belt and hold it at the desired level of tightness.
- 3
A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 4
An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pintle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pivot for a hinge:
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 pintle come from?
From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *pint(i), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with North Frisian pint (“male member, penis”), West Frisian pyt (“male member, penis”), Dutch piet (“penis”), German Low German and German Pint (“penis”), West Flemish pint, piet (“tip, spike, penis”), Danish pint, pintel (“penis”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”), dialectal Swedish pitt (“penis”). More at pin, pen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).