skol
/skɒl/
"skol" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skol” is uncommon English (frequency #74,514 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,514
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A drinking-toast; cheers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skol · skol · English
skol · rank #74,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,514
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slovenly
Nearest frequency peer: slovenly (+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 “skol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- simples
simples
25,492 corpus weight
- singleness
singleness
25,491 corpus weight
- skol
skol
25,487 corpus weight
- slovenly
slovenly
25,484 corpus weight
- sniffle
sniffle
25,482 corpus weight
- snipping
snipping
25,481 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “skol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /skɒl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skol is uncommon English at frequency #74,514 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /skɒl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for skol, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål. The correct English form is skol, spelled S-K-O-L.
Definition
- 1A drinking-toast; cheers.
- 2A cheer to proclaim support for the Minnesota Vikings.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Again they notice he has impressed her and again he grows more cheerful, clinking his glass against hers and saying ‘Skol!’
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).