# dole

> English word · Verb · IPA /dəʊl/ · frequency rank #18,808

## Definitions
1. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

## Etymology
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-due)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-don)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dot)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dye)
- **dom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dom)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dow)
- **doo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-doo)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dre)
- **DSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dsl)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dor)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-down)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-done)
- **door** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-door)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dude)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dont)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-duke)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dose)
- **doll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-doll)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddole`, `dloe`, `doel`, `dolle`, `odle`

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