# viola

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈviː.ələ/ · frequency rank #14,248

## Definitions
1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

## Etymology
From Latin viola (“violet”).

## Easily confused with
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-vol)
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-visa)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-vita)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-viva)
- **volt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-volt)
- **vole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-vole)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-vista)
- **volta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-volta)
- **Volga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-volga)
- **violet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-violet)
- **violin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-violin)
- **violate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-violate)
- **via** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/via-vs-viola)
- **vile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vile-vs-viola)
- **vial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-viola)
- **vila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vila-vs-viola)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vela-vs-viola)
- **villa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-viola)
- **ville** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ville-vs-viola)
- **vidya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vidya-vs-viola)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ivola`, `viloa`, `vioal`, `violla`, `voila`, `vviola`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/viola