pol
/pɑl/noun
pol is spelled P-O-L: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pol means “A politician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pol is pols.
How many letters and syllables are in pol?
| Letters | 3: P-O-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pol?
Pol appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pol?
- US /pɑl/
- UK /pɒl/
Pol has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pol.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)--pol.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pol?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pol from its last stressed vowel (/ɑl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lop.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pol
- pols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA politician.
noun
- 1
Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively.
- 2
Initialism of port of loading.
- 3
Initialism of proof of life (in abduction cases).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pol come from?
Clipping of politician.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).