Which to use
“bento” and “bingo” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,526
- “bento” frequency rank
- #10,990
- “bingo” frequency rank
- 52516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bento | bingo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design. | A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. |
Where the eye mixes bento and bingo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bento vs bingo
A purely visual mix-up. bento (/ˈbɛntəʊ/) and bingo (/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bento is recorded at frequency rank #41,526, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɛntəʊ/. bingo is at rank #10,990, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52516, this pair ranks #156,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bento vs bingo
Shared letters: bno. Private to "bento": et. Private to "bingo": gi.
"bento" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bento" and "bingo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bento" or "bingo"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bento" and "bingo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bingo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bento" and "bingo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bendy vs bento". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #156,387 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.