tola
"tola" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tola” is uncommon English (frequency #79,136 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,136
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tola · tola · English
tola · rank #79,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,136
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Torvalds
Nearest frequency peer: Torvalds (+2 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 “tola”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thurso
Thurso
20,872 corpus weight
- Tillamook
Tillamook
20,869 corpus weight
- tola
tola
20,865 corpus weight
- Torvalds
Torvalds
20,863 corpus weight
- trackside
trackside
20,861 corpus weight
- Transylvani…
Transylvanian
20,858 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tola” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tola |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tola” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tola is uncommon English at frequency #79,136 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.".
tola has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)). The correct English form is tola, spelled T-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Muhammad Sufyan, however, gained no weight: not a tola, not an ounce.
Etymology
From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).
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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