# col

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒl/ · frequency rank #7,661

## Definitions
1. A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
2. A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cr)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cs)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cp)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cz)
- **CQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cq)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cry)
- **cop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cop)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-con)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cos)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cum)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cox)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/col-vs-cuz)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/col