# verbal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvɜː.bəl/ · frequency rank #8,225

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to words.
2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
3. Consisting of words only.
4. Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
5. Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
6. Used to form a verb.
7. Capable of speech.
8. Word for word.
9. Abounding with words; verbose.

## Etymology
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **viral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verbal-vs-viral)
- **Verma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verbal-vs-verma)
- **Verna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verbal-vs-verna)
- **vernal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verbal-vs-vernal)
- **verbally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verbal-vs-verbally)
- **verb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verbal)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vera-vs-verbal)
- **veal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veal-vs-verbal)

## Common misspellings (9)
`evrbal`, `vebral`, `verabl`, `verball`, `verbbal`, `verbla`, `verrbal`, `vrebal`, `vverbal`

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