Behringer

name

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"behringer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Behringer” is uncommon English (frequency #95,735 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,735
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-behringer · Behringer · English

Behringer · rank #95,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,735
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bellboy

Nearest frequency peer: bellboy (+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 “Behringer”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Behringer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Behringer
PropertyValue
HeadwordBehringer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,735
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Behringer” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Behringerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “bellboy” (#95,736), “Beatlemania” (#95,732), “beary” (#95,731). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Behringer” is #95,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Behringer is uncommon English at frequency #95,735 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Behringer in our index, 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 Behringer. The correct English form is Behringer, spelled B-E-H-R-I-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Behringer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Behringer"?
"Behringer" is spelled B-E-H-R-I-N-G-E-R.
What does "Behringer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Behringer" means: A surname from German.
What is the origin of the word "Behringer"?
Borrowed from German Behringer. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Behringer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Asclepius#95,697anticline#95,685carcinoid#95,796Carinthia#95,798

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list