shail
/ʃeɪɫ/verb
shail is spelled S-H-A-I-L: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, shail means “To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shail?
| Letters | 5: S-H-A-I-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 shail?
Shail appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 shail?
- /ʃeɪɫ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shail.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shail?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shail.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hilsa.
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 shail
- shails present, singular, he/she/it
- shailing participle, present
- shailed participle, past
- shale
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shail mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
The mysterious woman meandered up the street, shailing and leaning precariously at times.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shail come from?
Possibly from Old English sceolh (“askew, awry, oblique, slanted”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).