bael
/ˈbɛl/noun
bael is spelled B-A-E-L: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bael means “A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bael is baels.
How many letters and syllables are in bael?
| Letters | 4: B-A-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 bael?
Bael appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 bael?
- UK /ˈbeɪ.əl/
- US /ˈbɛl/
- US /ˈbeɪl/
Bael has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Baal.wav, En-us-bell.ogg, En-us-bale.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bael
Sounds like: bel, bell, belle (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bael?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bael from its last stressed vowel (/ɛl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: able, bale, beal, albe.
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 bael
- baels plural
- bel
- beli
- bhel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bael mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
- 2
The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bael in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | marmeleiro-da-índia, marmeleira-da-índia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bael come from?
From Hindi बेल (bel), from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva), विल्व (vilva), or बैल्व (bailva).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).