béal

\be.al\

/\be.al\/ noun

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The verdict

“béal” is uncommon French (frequency #82,756 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,756
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit canal d’irrigation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beal · béal · French

béal · rank #82,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,756
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bâtissons

Nearest frequency peer: bâtissons (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « béal »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « béal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for béal
PropertyValue
Headwordbéal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\be.al\
Letters4
Frequency rank#82,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « béal » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).béaltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bâtissons » (#82,755), « Cachin » (#82,757), « caféier » (#82,758). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « béal » est au #82,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

béal is uncommon French at frequency #82,756 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.al\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit canal d’irrigation.".

No misspelling variants are generated for béal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is béal, spelled B-É-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit canal d’irrigation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans les basses plaines de l’Aude, des canaux furent construits pour drainer les terres mais ils côtoient les béals destinés à apporter de l’eau notamment.

Synonyms

eschideegage

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "béal"?
"béal" is spelled B-É-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \be.al\.
What does "béal" mean?
As a noun, "béal" means: Petit canal d’irrigation.
How do you pronounce "béal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "béal" is \be.al\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "béal" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "béal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bulk#82,752celu#82,778bian#82,730clar#82,793

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list