Sule
"sule" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sule” is uncommon English (frequency #86,806 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,806
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sule” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sule is uncommon English at frequency #86,806 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sule, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Various origins: * Nigerian surname predominantly found in Northern Nigeria and among Hausa such as Maitama Sule, Sule Lamido, and Abdullahi Sule, and among Yoruba such as Olayinka Sule, Rofiat Sule, and Sule Ladipo, as well as other Nigerian states includi… The correct English form is Sule, spelled S-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Various origins: * Nigerian surname predominantly found in Northern Nigeria and among Hausa such as Maitama Sule, Sule Lamido, and Abdullahi Sule, and among Yoruba such as Olayinka Sule, Rofiat Sule, and Sule Ladipo, as well as other Nigerian states including Kogi State. * Borrowed from Hungarian Süle, a pet form of the personal name Szilveszter. * Borrowed from Marathi सुळे (suḷe), a surname predominantly found in Maharashtra.
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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Using “Sule”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-L-E - 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.