voile
/vɔɪl/noun
voile is spelled V-O-I-L-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, voile means “A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of voile is voiles.
How many letters and syllables are in voile?
| Letters | 5: V-O-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th 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 voile?
Voile appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th 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 voile?
- /vɔɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-voile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with voile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as voile.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: olive, lovie, viole.
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 voile
- voiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does voile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does voile come from?
Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).