Bengali
/bɛŋˈɡɔːli/
"bengali" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bengali” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,008
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bengali · Bengali · English
Bengali · rank #22,008 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,008
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bile
Nearest frequency peer: bile (+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 “Bengali”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- babysitting
babysitting
77,996 corpus weight
- backlog
backlog
77,995 corpus weight
- Bengali
Bengali
77,993 corpus weight
- bile
bile
77,992 corpus weight
- biochemical
biochemical
77,991 corpus weight
- bled
bled
77,990 corpus weight
What this shows “Bengali” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bengali |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Bengali”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bengali (IPA /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,008 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bengali, with forms such as "bbengali", "begnali", and "benagli". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Benghazi", "Bengal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī). The correct English form is Bengali, spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-I.
Definition
- 1Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bengali appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbengali
- begnali
- benagli
- bengail
- bengalli
- benggali
- benglai
- benngali
- bnegali
- ebngali
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bengali - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).