beal
/biːl/verb
beal is spelled B-E-A-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, beal means “To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in beal?
| Letters | 4: B-E-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 beal?
Beal appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 beal?
- US /biːl/
Beal has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with beal?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as beal from its last stressed vowel (/il/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: able, bale, bael, 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 beal
- beals present, singular, he/she/it
- bealing participle, present
- bealed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
- 2
UKTo bellow, roar, or shout.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does beal come from?
From Middle English belen, from bele (see above).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).