# Noel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nəʊˈɛl/ · frequency rank #12,467

## Definitions
1. Christmas.

## Etymology
From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal and Natal.

## Easily confused with
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nor)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nov)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nos)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nye)
- **nom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nom)
- **nox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nox)
- **NOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-noi)
- **Noh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-noh)
- **noo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-noo)
- **nog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nog)
- **NPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-npl)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-note)
- **none** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-none)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nose)
- **nope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-nope)
- **noon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-noon)
- **norm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-norm)

## Common misspellings (5)
`neol`, `nnoel`, `noell`, `nole`, `onel`

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