Bengasi

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The verdict

“Bengasi” is uncommon German (frequency #78,950 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,950
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt in Libyen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bengasi · Bengasi · German

Bengasi · rank #78,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,950
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belehnung

Nearest frequency peer: Belehnung (-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 „Bengasi“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bengasi
PropertyValue
HeadwordBengasi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,950
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bengasi“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Belehnung“ (#78,949), „Benzinpreise“ (#78,951), „Belegschaften“ (#78,948). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bengasi“ bei #78,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bengasi is uncommon German at frequency #78,950 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt in Libyen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Bengasi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bengasi, spelled B-E-N-G-A-S-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt in Libyen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er hatte einen entsprechenden Vorrat sogar schon im Vorfeld in einem geheimen Lagerhaus in Tripolis bereitgestellt, von wo aus sie zur libyschen Hafenstadt Bengasi transportiert werden konnten.“

This word in other languages

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 "Bengasi"?
"Bengasi" is spelled B-E-N-G-A-S-I. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Bengasi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bengasi" means: Hafenstadt in Libyen
How do you pronounce "Bengasi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bengasi" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bengasi" come from?
"Bengasi" 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 "Bengasi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list