dhole
/doʊl/noun
dhole is spelled D-H-O-L-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dhole means “An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dhole is dholes.
How many letters and syllables are in dhole?
| Letters | 5: D-H-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 dhole?
Dhole appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 dhole?
- UK /dəʊl/
- /dɒl/
- US /doʊl/
Dhole has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dhole.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dhole
Sounds like: dole (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dhole?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dhole from its last stressed vowel (/oʊl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: holed.
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 dhole
- dholes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dhole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dhole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Asian wild dog:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dhole |
| German | Rothund |
| Spanish | cuón |
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 dhole come from?
Related to Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).