Pol

/[poːl]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,751

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Pol is aGermannoun. It means: einer der beiden Endpunkte der Erdachse; auch bei anderen Himmelskörpern, die sich um die eigene Achse drehen; oder auch von der Erde (ggf. auch von einem anderen Himmelskörper) aus gesehen, der nö... Pronounced [poːl]. It ranks #5,751 in German word frequency. Often confused with PS and Pr.

Key facts for Pol
PropertyValue
HeadwordPol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poːl]
Letters3
Frequency rank#5,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pol in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pol is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,751 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Pol in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pr", "PV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pol, spelled P-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer der beiden Endpunkte der Erdachse; auch bei anderen Himmelskörpern, die sich um die eigene Achse drehen; oder auch von der Erde (ggf. auch von einem anderen Himmelskörper) aus gesehen, der nördliche/südliche Himmelspol
  2. 2
    einer der beiden Austrittspunkte einer Stromquelle
  3. 3
    analog zu [2] ein Kraftpunkt oder Kraftfeldbereich in einem Magnetfeld
  4. 4
    einer von zwei Punkten mit einander gegenüberliegenden Eigenschaften
  5. 5
    ein besonders ausgezeichneter Punkt mit besonderer Lage oder besonderer Bedeutung, die über einen längeren Zeitraum relativ fest ist oder fest erscheint

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Frequency rank: #5,751 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pol"?
"Pol" is spelled P-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [poːl].
What does "Pol" mean?
As a noun, "Pol" means: einer der beiden Endpunkte der Erdachse; auch bei anderen Himmelskörpern, die sich um die eigene Achse drehen; oder auch von der Erde (ggf. auch von einem anderen Himmelskörper) aus gesehen, der nö...
What words are commonly confused with "Pol"?
"Pol" is commonly confused with "PS", "Pr", "PV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pol" is [poːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pol" come from?
"Pol" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.