rile
/ɹaɪl/verb
rile is spelled R-I-L-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rile means “To stir or move from a state of calm or order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rile?
| Letters | 4: R-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 rile?
Rile appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 rile?
- US /ɹaɪl/
- Australia /ɹɑel/
- /ɹaɪl/
Rile 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-rile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rile?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rile from its last stressed vowel (/aɪl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lire, lier, riel.
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 rile
- riles present, singular, he/she/it
- riling participle, present
- riled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
- 2
To make angry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aufbringen, reizen, ärgern |
| Spanish | encolerizar, sacar de quicio, sulfurar, encabronar |
| Portuguese | incitar |
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 rile come from?
From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).