bene
[ˈbeːnə]
The verdict
“bene” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,949) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #30,949
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Äußerung des Lobs oder des Wohlwollens
Corpus desk
Index DE-bene · bene · German
bene · rank #30,949 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,949
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bemängeln
Nearest frequency peer: bemängeln (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bene”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- behaftet
behaftet
69,055 corpus weight
- Bekanntscha…
Bekanntschaften
69,054 corpus weight
- bemängeln
bemängeln
69,053 corpus weight
- bene
bene
69,052 corpus weight
- Beratern
Beratern
69,051 corpus weight
- bereinigt
bereinigt
69,050 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bene” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈbeːnə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “bene” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bene is neighbouring look-alikes ("BN", "bin", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced [ˈbeːnə]. Frequency #30,949 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Gloss: "Äußerung des Lobs oder des Wohlwollens".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for bene, with forms such as "bbene", "benne", and "bnee". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BN", "bin", "ber", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bene, spelled B-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Äußerung des Lobs oder des Wohlwollens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„ubi bene, ibi patria“
„Doch enttäuscht werden, sollen die Theaterbesucher bene nicht.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbene
- benne
- bnee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bene - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bene", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "bene" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "BN". View pair
- 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,949 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.