-ol
[ˈol]
The verdict
“-ol” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se usa en Química para los compuestos orgánicos que poseen un grupo hidroxilo (-OH), como es el caso de los alcoholes y fenoles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈol] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ol” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-ol is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa en Química para los compuestos orgánicos que poseen un grupo hidroxilo (-OH), como es el caso de los alcoholes y fenoles.".
-ol has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is -ol, spelled --O-L.
Definition
- 1Se usa en Química para los compuestos orgánicos que poseen un grupo hidroxilo (-OH), como es el caso de los alcoholes y fenoles.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “-ol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is --O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.