bestowal
/bɪˈstoʊ.əl/noun
bestowal is spelled B-E-S-T-O-W-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bestowal means “The act of bestowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bestowal is bestowals.
How many letters and syllables are in bestowal?
| Letters | 8: B-E-S-T-O-W-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 bestowal?
Bestowal appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 bestowal?
- UK /bɪˈstəʊ.əl/
- US /bɪˈstoʊ.əl/
Bestowal has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bestowal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bestowal
- bestowals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bestowal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of bestowing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bestowal come from?
From bestow + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).