# beal

> English word · Noun · IPA /biːl/ · frequency rank #29,182

## Definitions
1. A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

## Etymology
From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-West Germanic *būlijā, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

## Easily confused with
- **BL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bl)
- **bed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bed)
- **bet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bet)
- **ben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-ben)
- **bee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bee)
- **beg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-beg)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bra)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bel)
- **bey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bey)
- **boa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-boa)
- **bla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bla)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bsa)
- **bev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bev)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bol)
- **BPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bpa)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bes)
- **BFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bfa)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-ber)
- **BIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-bia)
- **been** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-been)

## Common misspellings (3)
`bbeal`, `beall`, `ebal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beal