olla
/ˈɒlə/
"olla" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“olla” is uncommon English (frequency #90,796 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,796
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-olla · olla · English
olla · rank #90,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,796
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Okun
Nearest frequency peer: Okun (-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 “olla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- obstinately
obstinately
9,212 corpus weight
- ocher
ocher
9,211 corpus weight
- Ojibwe
Ojibwe
9,209 corpus weight
- Okun
Okun
9,208 corpus weight
- olla
olla
9,205 corpus weight
- optoelectro…
optoelectronics
9,200 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “olla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒlə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “olla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
olla is uncommon English at frequency #90,796 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for olla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”). The correct English form is olla, spelled O-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
- 2A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
- 3An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
- 4A cinerary urn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how olla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper.
An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).
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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