Europol

name

"europol" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Europol” is uncommon English (frequency #72,286 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,286
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The criminal intelligence agency of the European Union.

Corpus desk

Index EN-europol · Europol · English

Europol · rank #72,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,286
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH Euromaidan

Nearest frequency peer: Euromaidan (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Europol”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Europol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Europol
PropertyValue
HeadwordEuropol
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,286
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Europol” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Europolfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Euromaidan” (#72,285), “exhort” (#72,289), “erythematosus” (#72,282). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “Europol” is #72,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Europol is uncommon English at frequency #72,286 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The criminal intelligence agency of the European Union.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Europol, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Short for European Police Office. The correct English form is Europol, spelled E-U-R-O-P-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    The criminal intelligence agency of the European Union.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Europol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Europol also said on Monday that several other chat sites used by perpetrators of child sexual abuse had been seized on the same occasion.

Etymology

Short for European Police Office.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Europol"?
"Europol" is spelled E-U-R-O-P-O-L.
What does "Europol" mean?
As a proper noun, "Europol" means: The criminal intelligence agency of the European Union.
What is the origin of the word "Europol"?
Short for European Police Office. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Europol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list