# Bendigo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,631

## Definitions
1. A city near the centre of Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Named for the English bare-knuckle prizefighter William Abednego "Bendigo" Thompson

## Easily confused with
- **benign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bendigo-vs-benign)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bendigo-vs-bending)
- **Benigno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bendigo-vs-benigno)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbendigo`, `bednigo`, `benddigo`, `bendgio`, `bendiggo`, `bendiog`, `benidgo`, `benndigo`, `bnedigo`, `ebndigo`

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