Beasley
"beasley" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Beasley” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,463 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #28,463
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beasley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Beasley” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Beasley is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #28,463 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beasley, with forms such as "baesley", "bbeasley", and "bealsey". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Beatle", "Bradley", "Beatles", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Beesley. The correct English form is Beasley, spelled B-E-A-S-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- 3An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.
- 4A city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
Etymology
Variant of Beesley.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: baesley,bbeasley,bealsey,beasely,beasleyy,beaslley,beaslye,beassley,besaley,ebasley
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beasley - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Beasley”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-A-S-L-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Beatle” - see the side-by-side comparison. Beasley vs Beatle
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.