wole

adj

"wole" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wole” is uncommon English (frequency #81,035 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,035
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of whole.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wole · wole · English

wole · rank #81,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,035
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Woden

Nearest frequency peer: Woden (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “wole”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “wole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wole
PropertyValue
Headwordwole
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#81,035
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “wole” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).wolefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Woden” (#81,034), “Wistar” (#81,033), “Wirtz” (#81,032). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wole” is #81,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wole is uncommon English at frequency #81,035 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of whole.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is wole, spelled W-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of whole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I war sory to hear that My brother war sol i am glad that i did come away when i did god works all the things for the Best he is young he may get a long in the wole May god Bless hem ef you have any News from Petersburg Va Plas Rite me a word when you anser this Letter and ef any person came form home Letter Me know.
  2. To make Pig Brawn Take a white or red Pig, for a spotted one is not so handsome, take a good large fat one, and being scalded and drawn bone it whole, but first cut off the head and the hinder quarters, (and leave the bone in the hinder quarters) the rest being boned cut it into 2 collars overwart both the sides, or bone the wole Pig but only the head: […]

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wole"?
"wole" is spelled W-O-L-E.
What does "wole" mean?
As an adjective, "wole" means: Obsolete spelling of whole.
What language does "wole" come from?
"wole" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list