anole
/əˈnoʊ.li/noun
anole is spelled A-N-O-L-E: 5 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anole means “Any member of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anole is anoles.
How many letters and syllables are in anole?
| Letters | 5: A-N-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 anole?
Anole appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 anole?
- UK /əˈnəʊ.li/
- US /əˈnoʊ.li/
- US /əˈnoʊl/
Anole has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-anole.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anole?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anole from its last stressed vowel (/oʊli/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: alone.
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 anole
- anoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does anole come from?
From a Cariban term.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).