withal
/wɪˈðɔːl/
"withal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“withal” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,281 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #78,281
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Together with the rest; besides; in addition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | withal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /wɪˈðɔːl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “withal” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for withal is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /wɪˈðɔːl/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,281 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
withal has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *wí The adverb is derived from Middle English withal, with-al, withalle (“against, in opposition to; in association with, together with; by means of”), from with (“against; close to, near; directly opposite to; in the company of, together with; on… The correct English form is withal, spelled W-I-T-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1Together with the rest; besides; in addition.
- 2All things considered; nevertheless.
- 3Synonym of therewith (“with this, that, or those”).
Etymology
PIE word *wí The adverb is derived from Middle English withal, with-al, withalle (“against, in opposition to; in association with, together with; by means of”), from with (“against; close to, near; directly opposite to; in the company of, together with; on, upon; within; etc.”, preposition) + al (“total number in a group, all, everyone, everything”). The word displaced Old English mid ealle. The postposition is derived from the adverb.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “withal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-T-H-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wɪˈðɔːl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.