extol
/ɪkˈstəʊl/
"extol" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“extol” is uncommon English (frequency #66,649 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,649
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To praise; to make high.
Corpus desk
Index EN-extol · extol · English
extol · rank #66,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,649
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH excrete
Nearest frequency peer: excrete (-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 “extol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ESG
ESG
33,357 corpus weight
- evaluative
evaluative
33,355 corpus weight
- excrete
excrete
33,353 corpus weight
- extol
extol
33,352 corpus weight
- fairplay
fairplay
33,350 corpus weight
- fash
fash
33,347 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “extol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪkˈstəʊl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “extol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
extol is uncommon English at frequency #66,649 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪkˈstəʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To praise; to make high.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for extol, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”). The correct English form is extol, spelled E-X-T-O-L.
Definition
- 1To praise; to make high.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many fine compliments to happy Britain, although dissentient from the Romish faith;—it then reverts, in conclusion, to the Pope, and ends with int…
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).
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.
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