Belial
/ˈbiːli.əl/
"belial" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Belial” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,037 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #68,037
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Belial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbiːli.əl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Belial” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Belial is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbiːli.əl/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,037 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Belial in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Latin Bĕlĭal, Hebrew בְלִיַּעַל. Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally been interpreted as בְּלִי (“without”) + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is. The correct English form is Belial, spelled B-E-L-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
Etymology
Latin Bĕlĭal, Hebrew בְלִיַּעַל. Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally been interpreted as בְּלִי (“without”) + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Belial”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-L-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.