bezoar
be·zoar/ˈbi.zɔɹ/noun
bezoar is spelled B-E-Z-O-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (be·zoar). It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bezoar means “A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bezoar is bezoars.
How many letters and syllables are in bezoar?
| Letters | 6: B-E-Z-O-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: be·zoar |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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 bezoar?
Bezoar appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 bezoar?
- US /ˈbi.zɔɹ/
- UK /ˈbiː.zɔː/
Bezoar has 2 syllables, split be·zoar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bezoar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bezoar
- bezoars plural
- bezoard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bezoar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- 2
An enterolith.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bezoar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mass of undigested matter:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bezoar come from?
Borrowed from Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).