knothole
noun
knothole is spelled K-N-O-T-H-O-L-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knothole means “In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knothole is knotholes.
How many letters and syllables are in knothole?
| Letters | 8: K-N-O-T-H-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is knothole?
Knothole appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce knothole?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-knothole.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of knothole
- knotholes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knothole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
- 2
Youth league baseball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Knothole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense void left by a knot in the wood:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Astloch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does knothole come from?
From knot + hole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).