Benidorm
/ˈbɛnɪdɔː(ɹ)m/
"benidorm" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Benidorm” is uncommon English (frequency #55,949 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,949
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city and municipality of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Benidorm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɛnɪdɔː(ɹ)m/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Benidorm” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Benidorm is uncommon English at frequency #55,949 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɛnɪdɔː(ɹ)m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city and municipality of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.".
Benidorm has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Valencian Benidorm. The correct English form is Benidorm, spelled B-E-N-I-D-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1A city and municipality of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Valencian Benidorm.
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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Using “Benidorm”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-E-N-I-D-O-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.