Behring
"behring" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Behring” is uncommon English (frequency #64,917 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,917
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-behring · Behring · English
Behring · rank #64,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,917
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Beaujolais
Nearest frequency peer: Beaujolais (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Behring”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bawl
bawl
35,088 corpus weight
- Bayreuth
Bayreuth
35,087 corpus weight
- Beane
Beane
35,086 corpus weight
- Beaujolais
Beaujolais
35,085 corpus weight
- Behring
Behring
35,084 corpus weight
- bellwether
bellwether
35,082 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Behring” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Behring” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Behring is uncommon English at frequency #64,917 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Behring has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Behring. The correct English form is Behring, spelled B-E-H-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Behring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even at a time when Anders Behring Breivik is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people in a terror attack last year – and the remote possibility he could end up at Bastoy or a similar prison some day – Nilsen and others stand up for this brand of justice.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Behring.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).