dal
/dɑːl/noun
dal is spelled D-A-L: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dal means “Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dal is dals.
How many letters and syllables are in dal?
| Letters | 3: D-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dal?
Dal appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 dal?
- UK /dɑːl/
Dal has one syllable (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)-Vealhurl-dal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dal
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: daal, dahl, doll.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dal?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dal from its last stressed vowel (/ɑl/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lad.
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 dal
- dals plural
- dahl
- dhal
- daal
- dholl
- doll
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
- 2
A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
- 3
A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.
noun
- 1
Initialism of data access layer, a software architecture layer.
- 2
Initialism of database abstraction layer, a software architecture layer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dal come from?
Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).