# Poole

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /puːl/ · frequency rank #18,657

## Definitions
1. A town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England.
2. A civil parish (served by Worleston and District Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6455).
3. A census-designated place in Webster County and Henderson County, Kentucky, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.
5. A village in Tartu County, Estonia.
6. A surname.

## Etymology
From pool.

## Easily confused with
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-poor)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pope)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pose)
- **poop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-poop)
- **pore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pore)
- **poon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-poon)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-prove)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-probe)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-prone)
- **pools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pools)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-prose)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-posse)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-porte)
- **poops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-poops)
- **poorly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-poorly)
- **pooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pooled)
- **pooped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pooped)
- **pooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pooper)
- **pothole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poole-vs-pothole)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poe-vs-poole)

## Common misspellings (5)
`opole`, `poloe`, `pooel`, `poolle`, `ppoole`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poole