Beelzebub
/biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/
"beelzebub" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Beelzebub” is uncommon English (frequency #65,722 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,722
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beelzebub · Beelzebub · English
Beelzebub · rank #65,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,722
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Bega
Nearest frequency peer: Bega (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Beelzebub”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- barrelled
barrelled
34,284 corpus weight
- beano
beano
34,281 corpus weight
- Beelzebub
Beelzebub
34,279 corpus weight
- Bega
Bega
34,278 corpus weight
- Belgravia
Belgravia
34,275 corpus weight
- bergamot
bergamot
34,274 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Beelzebub” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beelzebub |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Beelzebub” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Beelzebub is uncommon English at frequency #65,722 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Beelzebub in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested as Old English Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebūb, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”. The correct English form is Beelzebub, spelled B-E-E-L-Z-E-B-U-B.
Definition
- 1A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
- 2Satan, the Devil.
Etymology
First attested as Old English Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebūb, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beelzebub", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.