silage
/ˈsaɪlɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
silage is spelled S-I-L-A-G-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, silage means “Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of silage is silages.
How many letters and syllables are in silage?
| Letters | 6: S-I-L-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th 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 silage?
Silage appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th 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 silage?
- /ˈsaɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-silage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with silage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as silage.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ligase.
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 silage
- silages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- silaging participle, present
- silaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does silage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.
verb
- 1
To ensile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Silage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fodder stored in a silo:
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 silage come from?
Alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), itself from French ensilage, from ensiler (“put in a silo”), from Spanish ensilar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).