nole
"nole" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nole” is uncommon English (frequency #95,194 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,194
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of noll (“the head”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-nole · nole · English
nole · rank #95,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,194
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH novation
Nearest frequency peer: novation (+3 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 “nole”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nole
nole
4,807 corpus weight
- novation
novation
4,804 corpus weight
- nuclease
nuclease
4,802 corpus weight
- numinous
numinous
4,801 corpus weight
- nuthatch
nuthatch
4,799 corpus weight
- OAG
OAG
4,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nole is uncommon English at frequency #95,194 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of noll (“the head”).".
nole doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is nole, spelled N-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of noll (“the head”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An ass's nole I fixed on his head.
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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