# Errol

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛɹəl/ · frequency rank #31,969

## Definitions
1. A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.
2. A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2522).
3. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.

## Etymology
Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S.

## Easily confused with
- **euro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/errol-vs-euro)
- **error** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/errol-vs-error)
- **errors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/errol-vs-errors)
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/err-vs-errol)
- **earl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earl-vs-errol)
- **eros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eros-vs-errol)
- **ergo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ergo-vs-errol)
- **Enron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enron-vs-errol)
- **erred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erred-vs-errol)
- **Efron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/efron-vs-errol)
- **enroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enroll-vs-errol)

## Common misspellings (5)
`erol`, `erorl`, `errlo`, `erroll`, `rerol`

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