Tolle
"tolle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tolle” is uncommon English (frequency #78,213 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,213
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tolle · Tolle · English
Tolle · rank #78,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,213
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH toko
Nearest frequency peer: toko (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tolle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- toff
toff
21,790 corpus weight
- toko
toko
21,789 corpus weight
- Tolle
Tolle
21,788 corpus weight
- Tomei
Tomei
21,787 corpus weight
- tortellini
tortellini
21,786 corpus weight
- totemic
totemic
21,785 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tolle” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tolle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tolle” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tolle is uncommon English at frequency #78,213 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Tolle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German toll, see toll. * As a German surname Tölle, variant of Toelle, itself a pet form of Bertold, see Berthold. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol. The correct English form is Tolle, spelled T-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German toll, see toll. * As a German surname Tölle, variant of Toelle, itself a pet form of Bertold, see Berthold. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.