-ol
/ɒl/
"ol" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-ol” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An alcohol or phenol.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ol · -ol · English
-ol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -ol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | /ɒl/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “-ol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
-ol is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /ɒl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An alcohol or phenol.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for -ol in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortened from alcohol. The correct English form is -ol, spelled --O-L.
Definition
- 1An alcohol or phenol.
Etymology
Shortened from alcohol.
This word in other languages
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.