arrivial

Arrivial is a nonstandard English form most often encountered as a misspelling of arrival. In standard usage, the noun is arrival and the verb is arrive. Because of its near-identity to arrival, arrivial can appear in drafts, informal writing, and optical character recognition (OCR) transcripts, where the sequence of letters before the final l can be misread or miscopied.

Although not recognized as an independent word by major dictionaries, arrivial has occasionally been used as a deliberate neologism in specialized texts. In some event-management and logistics writings, authors have defined arrivial as the moment of actual presence at a venue, distinct from the broader process of travel or departure. This usage remains rare and idiosyncratic.

Arrivial may also appear as a proper noun in speculative or fictional contexts, and could be used as a surname or place name, but such uses are uncommon and not standardized. In published works, when arrivial is encountered as a coined term, authors typically provide an explicit definition or gloss to avoid ambiguity.

Spelling guidance: in formal or edited contexts, arrivial should be corrected to arrival unless there is a defined purpose for the neologism or a specific gloss within the text. See also: arrival, arrive, check-in, landing.