wila
noun
wila is spelled W-I-L-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wila means “Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wila is wilas.
How many letters and syllables are in wila?
| Letters | 4: W-I-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th 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 wila?
Wila appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
What rhymes with wila?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wila.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wail, wali, liwa.
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 wila
- wilas plural
- wile
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wila mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wila come from?
From Shuswap wíle (“black tree lichen”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).