Benjamin
[ˈbɛnjamiːn]
The verdict
“Benjamin” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,593 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,593
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jüngste Person innerhalb einer Gruppe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Benjamin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛnjamiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Benjamin” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Benjamin is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɛnjamiːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,593 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jüngste Person innerhalb einer Gruppe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Benjamin, with forms such as "bbenjamin", "bejnamin", and "benajmin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Benjamin, spelled B-E-N-J-A-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1jüngste Person innerhalb einer Gruppe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbenjamin,bejnamin,benajmin,benjaimn,benjaminn,benjammin,benjamni,benjjamin,benjmain,bennjamin,bnejamin,ebnjamin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Benjamin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Benjamin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-N-J-A-M-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛnjamiːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.