beadle
bead·le/ˈbiːdəl/noun
beadle is spelled B-E-A-D-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (bead·le). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beadle means “A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beadle is beadles.
How many letters and syllables are in beadle?
| Letters | 6: B-E-A-D-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bead·le |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is beadle?
Beadle appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 beadle?
- /ˈbiːdəl/
- [ˈbɪi̯dəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯dl̩]
- /ˈbiːɾəl/
Beadle has 2 syllables, split bead·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beadle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of beadle
- beadles plural
- bedral
- bethral
- betherel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beadle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- 2
ScotlandAn attendant to the minister.
- 3
A warrant officer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beadle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a parish constable:
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 beadle come from?
From Middle English bedel, bidel, from Old English bydel (“warrant officer, apparitor”), from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), equivalent to bid + -le. Cognate with Dutch beul, German Büttel. More at bid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).