obole
"obole" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obole” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An obsolete French coin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obole · obole · English
obole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “obole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
obole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An obsolete French coin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for obole in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul. The correct English form is obole, spelled O-B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1An obsolete French coin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If a small ship arrives at Billingsgate it will give one obole as thelony [custom]
Etymology
Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.