behemoth
/bəˈhi(ː).məθ/
"behemoth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“behemoth” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,930
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.
Corpus desk
Index EN-behemoth · behemoth · English
behemoth · rank #29,930 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,930
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bebe
Nearest frequency peer: Bebe (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “behemoth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- baring
baring
70,074 corpus weight
- Baum
Baum
70,073 corpus weight
- Bebe
Bebe
70,072 corpus weight
- behemoth
behemoth
70,071 corpus weight
- BHP
BHP
70,069 corpus weight
- bib
bib
70,068 corpus weight
What this shows “behemoth” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behemoth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəˈhi(ː).məθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “behemoth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around behemoth (IPA /bəˈhi(ː).məθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,930 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for behemoth, with forms such as "bbehemoth", "beehmoth", and "behemmoth". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (behemót). Most likely, the Hebrew word is an intensive plural of בְּהֵמָה (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ብህመ (bəhmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”)… The correct English form is behemoth, spelled B-E-H-E-M-O-T-H.
Definition
- 1A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.
- 2Any great and mighty monster.
- 3Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behemoth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
⸿ Beholde now Behemoth which I made with thee, hee eateth graſſe as an oxe. Loe now, his ſtrength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauell of his belly. Hee moueth his taile like a Cedar: the ſinewes of his ſtones are wrapt together. His bones are as ſtrong pieces of braſſe: his bones are like barres of iron.
Next she doused the smouldering troll with the contents of the restaurant's fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn't revive the sleeping behemoth.
Etymology
From Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (behemót). Most likely, the Hebrew word is an intensive plural of בְּהֵמָה (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ብህመ (bəhmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”), Arabic ب ه م (b h m)). Some have instead suggested a borrowing from a hypothetical Egyptian pA-i-H-E1-mw (*pꜣ-jḥ-mw, “hippopotamus”, literally “the ox of the water”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + jḥ (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction (for the pronunciation, compare the later Coptic descendants ⲡ- (p-) + ⲉϩⲉ (ehe) + ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou)); this, however, suffers from problems such as the lack of attestation of the supposed etymon, and there seems little reason to prefer it to the intensive plural explanation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbehemoth
- beehmoth
- behemmoth
- behemoht
- behemothh
- behemotth
- behemtoh
- beheomth
- behhemoth
- behmeoth
- bheemoth
- ebhemoth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of behemoth - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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