col
/kɑl/noun
col is spelled C-O-L: 3 letters. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, col means “A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of col is cols.
How many letters and syllables are in col?
| Letters | 3: C-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 col?
Col appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 col?
- UK /kɒl/
- US /kɑl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-col.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with col
Sounds like: coll (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with col?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as col from its last stressed vowel (/ɑl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: loc.
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 col
- cols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does col mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
- 2
A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
- 3
Clipping of column.
- 4
Abbreviation of color.
noun
- 1
Initialism of cost of living.
- 2
Initialism of centre of lift
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Col in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dip between mountain peaks:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does col come from?
Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).