ole
/oʊˈleɪ/
"ole" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ole” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,736) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,736
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An interjection used to stir up excitement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ole · ole · English
ole · rank #10,736 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,736
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH null
Nearest frequency peer: null (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “ole”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- notify
notify
89,267 corpus weight
- null
null
89,266 corpus weight
- ole
ole
89,265 corpus weight
- oops
oops
89,264 corpus weight
- oriental
oriental
89,263 corpus weight
- owing
owing
89,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “ole” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /oʊˈleɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #10,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “ole”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ole is neighbouring look-alikes ("on", "or", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /oʊˈleɪ/. Frequency #10,736 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Gloss: "An interjection used to stir up excitement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ole in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "on", "or", "op", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish olé. The correct English form is ole, spelled O-L-E.
Definition
- 1An interjection used to stir up excitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Harry Hooper living in No. 10 / He bought a toupee and glued it to his head / "It looks very natural" everybody said / But then his wife said "Toupee, isn't that a French word?" / And Harry said "Ole!" / She said "That's a Spanish word." / And he said "O.K., can't tell the difference these days."
Etymology
From Spanish olé.
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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