stomachal

adj

"stomachal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stomachal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to the stomach; gastric.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stomachal · stomachal · English

stomachal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for stomachal
PropertyValue
Headwordstomachal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stomachal” in English

stomachalranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stomachal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stomachal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From stomach + -al, compare French stomacal. The correct English form is stomachal, spelled S-T-O-M-A-C-H-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
  2. 2
    Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how stomachal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Then shall you be presented with a cup of claret hypocras, which is right healthful and stomachal.

Etymology

From stomach + -al, compare French stomacal.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stomachal"?
"stomachal" is spelled S-T-O-M-A-C-H-A-L.
What does "stomachal" mean?
As an adjective, "stomachal" means: Of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
What is the origin of the word "stomachal"?
From stomach + -al, compare French stomacal. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list