thole
/θəʊl/
"thole" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thole” is an uncommon English word, ranked #99,935 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #99,935
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To suffer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /θəʊl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thole” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for thole is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /θəʊl/. Corpus data places it at rank #99,935 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for thole in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle. The correct English form is thole, spelled T-H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1To suffer.
- 2To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
Etymology
From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.
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 “thole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /θəʊl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.