# royal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹɔɪ.əl/ · frequency rank #1,500

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
4. Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. Used as an intensifier.
6. Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.

## Etymology
From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.

## Easily confused with
- **Ryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-ryan)
- **rural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-rural)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-royce)
- **Royals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-royals)
- **royale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-royale)
- **royalty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-royalty)
- **royally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/royal-vs-royally)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roy-vs-royal)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-royal)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-royal)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/road-vs-royal)
- **roll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roll-vs-royal)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosa-vs-royal)
- **Roma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roma-vs-royal)
- **roar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roar-vs-royal)
- **roam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roam-vs-royal)
- **ROFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rofl-vs-royal)
- **Raya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raya-vs-royal)
- **rona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rona-vs-royal)
- **Roan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roan-vs-royal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oryal`, `roayl`, `royall`, `royla`, `royyal`, `rroyal`, `ryoal`

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