sailcloth
noun
sailcloth is spelled S-A-I-L-C-L-O-T-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sailcloth means “A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sailcloth is sailcloths.
How many letters and syllables are in sailcloth?
| Letters | 9: S-A-I-L-C-L-O-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sailcloth?
Sailcloth appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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).
Forms of sailcloth
- sailcloths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sailcloth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.
Near-synonyms: sailduck, canvas, duckcloth
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sailcloth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fabric:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | toile à voile |
| German | Segeltuch |
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 sailcloth come from?
From Middle English seylecloth, saylclath, seil-cloþ, seil-clæð, from Old English *seġlclāþ, equivalent to sail + cloth. Cognate with West Frisian seilkleed, Dutch zeilkleed, Middle Low German sēgelklêt, sēgelkleit, seilklêt, seilkleit, German Segelkleid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).