# regal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹiːɡəl/ · frequency rank #18,675

## Definitions
1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
2. Befitting a monarch.
3. Befitting a monarch.

## Etymology
From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real.

## Easily confused with
- **rel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rel)
- **Reza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-reza)
- **Riga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-riga)
- **regs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-regs)
- **royal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-royal)
- **rural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rural)
- **relax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-relax)
- **rival** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rival)
- **relay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-relay)
- **rehab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rehab)
- **repay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-repay)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-renal)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-regan)
- **Regis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-regis)
- **repel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-repel)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-revel)
- **Rogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rogan)
- **Rizal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rizal)
- **retail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-retail)
- **reveal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-reveal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ergal`, `reagl`, `regall`, `reggal`, `regla`, `rgeal`, `rregal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/regal