# Benin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɪˈniːn/ · frequency rank #27,737

## Definitions
1. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
2. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
3. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.

## Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

## Easily confused with
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bin)
- **bent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bent)
- **Benz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benz)
- **Bern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bern)
- **Bonn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bonn)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-brin)
- **brain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-brain)
- **benny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benny)
- **Benji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benji)
- **Bevan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bevan)
- **bento** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bento)
- **Berlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-berlin)
- **Bernie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bernie)
- **Benson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benson)
- **Benton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benton)
- **Benoit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benoit)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bering)
- **Bennie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-bennie)
- **ben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ben-vs-benin)
- **been** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/been-vs-benin)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbenin`, `beninn`, `benni`, `bennin`, `bnein`, `ebnin`

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