# knoll

> English word · Noun · IPA /nəʊl/ · frequency rank #32,887

## Definitions
1. A small mound or rounded hill.
2. A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.

## Etymology
From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).

## Easily confused with
- **know** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-know)
- **Knox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knox)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knot)
- **kool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-kool)
- **Kohl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-kohl)
- **known** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-known)
- **knows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knows)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knots)
- **Knopf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knopf)
- **krill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-krill)
- **Knott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knott)
- **Kroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-kroll)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kno-vs-knoll)
- **kill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kill-vs-knoll)
- **knob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knob-vs-knoll)
- **kell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kell-vs-knoll)
- **knock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knock-vs-knoll)
- **kneel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kneel-vs-knoll)
- **knelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knelt-vs-knoll)
- **knell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knell-vs-knoll)

## Common misspellings (6)
`kknoll`, `knlol`, `knnoll`, `knol`, `konll`, `nkoll`

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