avel
/əˈvɛl/noun
avel is spelled A-V-E-L: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, avel means “A mourner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of avel is avels or avelim.
How many letters and syllables are in avel?
| Letters | 4: A-V-E-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is avel?
Avel appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce avel?
- /əˈvɛl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-avel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with avel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as avel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vale, veal, eval, lave, leva.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of avel
- avels present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- avelling participle, present
- avelled participle, past
- avelim plural
- ovel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does avel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mourner.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo pull away.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does avel come from?
From Hebrew אבל (avel).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).