Bengalos

[bɛŋˈɡaːlos]

/[bɛŋˈɡaːlos]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bengalos” is uncommon German (frequency #86,258 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,258
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bengalo

Corpus desk

Index DE-bengalos · Bengalos · German

Bengalos · rank #86,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,258
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bemühst

Nearest frequency peer: bemühst (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bengalos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bengalos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bengalos
PropertyValue
HeadwordBengalos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɛŋˈɡaːlos]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bengalos“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bengalosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bemühst“ (#86,257), „Benzinkanister“ (#86,259), „Belgiern“ (#86,256). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bengalos“ bei #86,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bengalos is uncommon German at frequency #86,258 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛŋˈɡaːlos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bengalos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bengalos, spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bengalo
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bengalo
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Bengalo
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bengalo
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Bengalo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bengalos"?
"Bengalos" is spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛŋˈɡaːlos].
What does "Bengalos" mean?
As a noun, "Bengalos" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bengalo
How do you pronounce "Bengalos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bengalos" is [bɛŋˈɡaːlos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bengalos" come from?
"Bengalos" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Belgiern#86,256bettelte#86,277austeilt#86,220Brussels#86,302

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list