ola
[ˈola]
The verdict
“ola” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,811 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,811
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ondas que se desplazan por la superficie de cursos de agua, puestas en marcha por el viento, y son el principal agente de modelado de las costas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈola] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ola” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ola is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈola]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,811 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ola, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "on", "or", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ola, spelled O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Ondas que se desplazan por la superficie de cursos de agua, puestas en marcha por el viento, y son el principal agente de modelado de las costas.
- 2Cambio brusco de temperatura u otro fenómeno.
- 3Aparición inesperada de gran cantidad de eventos similares.
- 4Gran concentración de gente intentando moverse nerviosamente.
- 5Acción lúdica efectuada por un grupo muy numeroso de personas en que se levantan los dos brazos en una secuencia coordinada para producir un efecto visual semejante al de una ola₁.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. ola vs os
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.