skeel
/skiːl/noun
skeel is spelled S-K-E-E-L: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skeel means “A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skeel is skeels.
How many letters and syllables are in skeel?
| Letters | 5: S-K-E-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 skeel?
Skeel appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 skeel?
- /skiːl/
Skeel has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with skeel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as skeel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sleek.
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 skeel
- skeels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skeel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandUKA shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
- 2
ScotlandUKA washtub.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skeel come from?
From Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).