roil
/ˈɹɔɪl/verb
roil is spelled R-O-I-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, roil means “To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in roil?
| Letters | 4: R-O-I-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 roil?
Roil appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 roil?
- /ˈɹɔɪl/
- [ˈɹʷɔɪl]
Roil has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-roil.ogg, En-au-roil.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with roil?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as roil.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: loir.
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 roil
- roils present, singular, he/she/it
- roiling participle, present
- roiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
- 2
To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
- 3
To bubble, seethe.
- 4
To romp or tumble.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Roil in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | troubler , énerver, irriter, fâcher |
| German | trüben , ärgern |
| Portuguese | turvar, turbar , irritar, incomodar, importunar |
| Spanish | enturbiar , molestar, enfurecer |
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 roil come from?
Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).