jolley
"jolley" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jolley” is uncommon English (frequency #92,751 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,751
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who jigs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jolley · jolley · English
jolley · rank #92,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,751
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jokester
Nearest frequency peer: jokester (-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 “jolley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jip
jip
7,254 corpus weight
- jokester
jokester
7,251 corpus weight
- jolley
jolley
7,250 corpus weight
- JQ
JQ
7,249 corpus weight
- juco
juco
7,248 corpus weight
- Kadar
Kadar
7,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jolley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jolley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jolley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jolley is uncommon English at frequency #92,751 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jolley doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is jolley, spelled J-O-L-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1One who jigs.
- 2A concave horizontal lathe used in producing bowls and cups.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jolley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When she had to leave work because of silicosis at the beginning of this century, the period of female makers at jolleys was over, with some insignificant temporary exceptions.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).