whiffle
/ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/noun, verb
whiffle is spelled W-H-I-F-F-L-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, whiffle means “A short blow or gust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of whiffle is whiffles.
How many letters and syllables are in whiffle?
| Letters | 7: W-H-I-F-F-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th 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 whiffle?
Whiffle appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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 whiffle?
- /ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-whiffle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whiffle
- whiffles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wiffle
- whiffling participle, present
- whiffled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whiffle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short blow or gust.
- 2
A male haircut done with electric clippers.
- 3
obsoleteSomething small or insignificant; a trifle.
- 4
obsoleteA fife or small flute.
verb
- 1
To blow a short gust.
- 2
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
- 3
UKTo waste time.
- 4
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
- 5
To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
- 6
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
- 7
To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
- 8
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does whiffle come from?
1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).