textile
/ˈtɛk.staɪl/noun, adjective
textile is spelled T-E-X-T-I-L-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, textile means “Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of textile is textiles.
How many letters and syllables are in textile?
| Letters | 7: T-E-X-T-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is textile?
Textile appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 textile?
- US /ˈtɛk.staɪl/
- Australia /ˈtek.stɑel/
- /ˈtek.staɪl/
Textile has 2 syllables (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: En-us-textile.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of textile
- textiles plural
- more textile comparative
- most textile superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does textile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.
Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated)
- 2
A non-nudist.
adjective
- 1
Clothing compulsive.
a textile beach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Textile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cloth produced from fabric:
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 textile come from?
Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).