sild
/sɪld/noun
sild is spelled S-I-L-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sild means “Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sild is silds.
How many letters and syllables are in sild?
| Letters | 4: S-I-L-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th 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 sild?
Sild appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 sild?
- /sɪld/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sild.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sild
- silds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sild mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sild come from?
From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).