tole
/tol/noun, verb
tole is spelled T-O-L-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tole means “A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tole is toles.
How many letters and syllables are in tole?
| Letters | 4: T-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tole?
Tole appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tole?
- US /tol/
Tole has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tole?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tole from its last stressed vowel (/ol/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lote.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tole
- toles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- toling participle, present
- toled past, participle
- tollen participle, past
- toll
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.
- 2
A tola (unit of mass).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of tell
I done tole you for the last time.
- 2
archaicTo entice; to allure or attract.
It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tole come from?
From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).