# begins

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɪˈɡɪnz/ · frequency rank #2,380

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of begin

## Easily confused with
- **bins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-bins)
- **begs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-begs)
- **bein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-bein)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-being)
- **begun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-begun)
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-benin)
- **behind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-behind)
- **beings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-beings)
- **brains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-brains)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-bering)
- **Belgians** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begins-vs-belgians)
- **began** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/began-vs-begins)
- **begin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begin-vs-begins)
- **beans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beans-vs-begins)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basins-vs-begins)
- **begging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begging-vs-begins)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbegins`, `beggins`, `beginns`, `beginss`, `begisn`, `begnis`, `beigns`, `bgeins`, `ebgins`

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