beano

/ˈbiːnəʊ/

//ˈbiːnəʊ// noun

"beano" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“beano” is uncommon English (frequency #65,720 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,720
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.

Corpus desk

Index EN-beano · beano · English

beano · rank #65,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,720
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beelzebub

Nearest frequency peer: Beelzebub (+2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “beano”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “beano” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beano
PropertyValue
Headwordbeano
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbiːnəʊ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,720
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “beano” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).beanofalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Beelzebub” (#65,722), “barrelled” (#65,717), “Bega” (#65,723). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “beano” is #65,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beano is uncommon English at frequency #65,720 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbiːnəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beano, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of beanfeast + -o. The correct English form is beano, spelled B-E-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
  2. 2
    Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.
  2. For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker.

Etymology

Clipping of beanfeast + -o.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beano"?
"beano" is spelled B-E-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbiːnəʊ/.
What does "beano" mean?
As a noun, "beano" means: A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
How do you pronounce "beano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beano" is /ˈbiːnəʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "beano"?
Clipping of beanfeast + -o. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list