bole
/bol/
"bole" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bole” is an uncommon English word, ranked #59,239 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,239
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The trunk or stem of a tree.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bol/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bole” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bole is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bol/. Corpus data places it at rank #59,239 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The trunk or stem of a tree.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bole, from Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”). The correct English form is bole, spelled B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1The trunk or stem of a tree.
Etymology
From Middle English bole, from Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bol/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.