nolo
"nolo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nolo” is uncommon English (frequency #89,683 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,683
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free
Corpus desk
Index EN-nolo · nolo · English
nolo · rank #89,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,683
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nonalcoholic
Nearest frequency peer: nonalcoholic (+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 “nolo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ngan
Ngan
10,323 corpus weight
- nias
nias
10,322 corpus weight
- nolo
nolo
10,318 corpus weight
- nonalcoholic
nonalcoholic
10,317 corpus weight
- noncommissi…
noncommissioned
10,315 corpus weight
- NORML
NORML
10,313 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nolo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nolo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nolo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nolo is uncommon English at frequency #89,683 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free".
No misspelling variants are generated for nolo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ellipsis of no alcohol, low alcohol. The correct English form is nolo, spelled N-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
NoLo (no alcohol, low alcohol) is one of the hottest trends in the drinks industry.
The UK drinks industry has embarked on a detox that extends beyond January with companies racing to bring out “nolo” (no- or low-alcohol) beers, spirits and cocktails to satisfy a thirst for hangover-free drinking.
Etymology
Ellipsis of no alcohol, low alcohol.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).