# beanie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbiː.ni/ · frequency rank #29,183

## Definitions
1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
2. A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
3. A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

## Etymology
From bean (“the head”) + -ie (diminutive suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **bene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bene)
- **beans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-beans)
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-benin)
- **Berne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-berne)
- **Bernie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bernie)
- **Bonnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bonnie)
- **Bertie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bertie)
- **Bessie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bessie)
- **Bennie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bennie)
- **Beatle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-beatle)
- **Beavis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-beavis)
- **bestie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bestie)
- **Bernice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bernice)
- **beastie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-beastie)
- **Bernier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beanie-vs-bernier)
- **bean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bean-vs-beanie)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bane-vs-beanie)
- **beagle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beagle-vs-beanie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`baenie`, `bbeanie`, `beaine`, `beanei`, `beannie`, `benaie`, `ebanie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beanie