olla

Name: olla, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈɒlə/

//ˈɒlə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“olla” is uncommon English (frequency #90,796 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,796
frequency rank, English: 15,494
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

Key facts for olla
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)

Where “olla” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). olla lands here:

#90,796

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

olla is uncommon English at frequency #90,796 among 15,494 “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

1
A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
2
A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3
An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
4
A cinerary urn.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olla"?

"olla" is spelled O-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɒlə/.

What does "olla" mean?

As a noun, "olla" means: A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

How do you pronounce "olla"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olla" is /ˈɒlə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "olla"?

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “olla”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is O-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.