bestial
/ˈbɛs.ti.əl/
"bestial" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bestial” is uncommon English (frequency #59,894 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,894
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beast-like.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bestial · bestial · English
bestial · rank #59,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,894
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH betwixt
Nearest frequency peer: betwixt (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “bestial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bellatrix
Bellatrix
40,111 corpus weight
- Benazir
Benazir
40,110 corpus weight
- bentonite
bentonite
40,109 corpus weight
- bestial
bestial
40,107 corpus weight
- betwixt
betwixt
40,106 corpus weight
- Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya
40,103 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bestial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bestial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɛs.ti.əl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bestial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bestial is uncommon English at frequency #59,894 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɛs.ti.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beast-like.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bestial in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast). The correct English form is bestial, spelled B-E-S-T-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Beast-like.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
By thee adulterous lust was driven from men / Among the bestial herds to range […]
Etymology
From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast).
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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