hamal
/həˈmɒl/noun
hamal is spelled H-A-M-A-L: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hamal means “A porter in Turkey and nearby countries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hamal is hamals.
How many letters and syllables are in hamal?
| Letters | 5: H-A-M-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hamal?
Hamal appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 hamal?
- /həˈmɒl/
- /həˈmɔːl/
Hamal 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).
What rhymes with hamal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hamal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mahal, halma, almah.
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 hamal
- hamals plural
- hammal
- hamaul
- hummal
- hummaul
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hamal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A porter in Turkey and nearby countries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hamal come from?
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl, “porter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).