soiled
/ˈsɔɪld/adjective, verb
soiled is spelled S-O-I-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, soiled means “Dirty, defiled, stained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in soiled?
| Letters | 6: S-O-I-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th 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 soiled?
Soiled appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 soiled?
- /ˈsɔɪld/
- /ˈsɔɪəld/
Soiled 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-soiled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with soiled?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as soiled.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: siloed.
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 soiled
- more soiled comparative
- most soiled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soiled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dirty, defiled, stained.
- 2
Of a patient or child, stained or dirtied by defecation.
- 3
Having a specific or particular type of soil.
- 4
That has been fed or nourished with green fodder.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of soil
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soiled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dirty:
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.