condole
con·dole/kənˈdoʊl/verb
condole is spelled C-O-N-D-O-L-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (con·dole). It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, condole means “Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in condole?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-D-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·dole |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 condole?
Condole appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 condole?
- UK /kənˈdəʊl/
- US /kənˈdoʊl/
Condole has 2 syllables, split con·dole in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-condole.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with condole?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as condole from its last stressed vowel (/oʊl/):
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 condole
- condoles present, singular, he/she/it
- condoling participle, present
- condoled participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does condole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.
She condoled with her father over the death of his mother.
- 2
obsoleteTo express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
- 3
To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
- 4
obsoleteTo express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone).
- 5
obsoleteTo express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does condole come from?
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt; to be sorry, grieve for, deplore, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).