# Paola

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,802

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Italian.
2. A habitational surname from Italian.
3. A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
4. A town in the South Eastern Region of Malta.
5. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Kansas, United States, named after the town in Calabria.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Paola.

## Easily confused with
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pol)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pla)
- **poa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-poa)
- **Paul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-paul)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pool)
- **poll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-poll)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pole)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-papa)
- **polo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-polo)
- **Polk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-polk)
- **polar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-polar)
- **pasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pasta)
- **pools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pools)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-paula)
- **Papua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-papua)
- **Paolo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-paolo)
- **Poole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-poole)
- **polka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-polka)
- **pasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-pasha)
- **parma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paola-vs-parma)

## Common misspellings (6)
`apola`, `paloa`, `paoal`, `paolla`, `poala`, `ppaola`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/paola