olé
The verdict
“olé” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,251 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #24,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Denota alegría, entusiasmo o satisfacción. Usada tradicionalmente en manifestaciones folclóricas, ha llegado a convertirse por extensión en una expresión, sin aparente significado, de un estado de ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [oˈle] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “olé” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for olé is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈle]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,251 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for olé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is olé, spelled O-L-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Denota alegría, entusiasmo o satisfacción. Usada tradicionalmente en manifestaciones folclóricas, ha llegado a convertirse por extensión en una expresión, sin aparente significado, de un estado de ánimo jocoso.
- 2Usada para aclamar o alentar a un equipo.
Synonyms
Frequency rank: #24,251 in Spanish
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Using “olé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-L-É — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈle] (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. olé vs os
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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