prill
/pɹɪl/verb, noun
prill is spelled P-R-I-L-L: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, prill means “to flow, spurt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in prill?
| Letters | 5: P-R-I-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is prill?
Prill appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 prill?
- /pɹɪl/
Prill 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prill
- prills present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- prilling participle, present
- prilled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prill mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
to flow, spurt
- 2
to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
- 3
UKTo grow sour.
- 4
UKTo become tipsy.
noun
- 1
a rill, a small stream
- 2
obsoletea spinning top
- 3
a pellet, a granule, a small bead
- 4
rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
- 5
A nugget of virgin metal.
- 6
The button of metal from an assay.
- 7
The brill, a kind of flatfish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does prill come from?
A variant of purl, 17th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).