Bhopal
/bəʊˈpɑːl/noun
Bhopal is spelled B-H-O-P-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Bhopal means “A major industrial accident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Bhopal is Bhopals.
How many letters and syllables are in Bhopal?
| Letters | 6: B-H-O-P-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Bhopal?
Bhopal appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 Bhopal?
- US /bəʊˈpɑːl/
- /bʱoːˈpaːl/
- /bʱoːˈpɑːl/
Bhopal has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-Bhopal.wav, Bhopal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Bhopal?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Bhopal from its last stressed vowel (/ɑl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Bhopal
- Bhopals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Bhopal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A major industrial accident.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Bhopal come from?
Borrowed from Hindi भोपाल (bhopāl).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).