# Bentham

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,052

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname from Old English derived from any of several places.
2. An English habitational surname from Old English derived from any of several places.
3. A village in Badgeworth civil parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9116).
4. A civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district, that includes High Bentham and Low Bentham.

## Etymology
From Old English *beonot (“bent grass”) + hām (“homestead, village”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bertha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentham-vs-bertha)
- **bonham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentham-vs-bonham)
- **Bingham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentham-vs-bingham)
- **Bertram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentham-vs-bertram)
- **benthic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentham-vs-benthic)
- **bantam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bantam-vs-bentham)
- **Beckham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beckham-vs-bentham)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbentham`, `benhtam`, `benntham`, `bentahm`, `benthamm`, `benthham`, `benthma`, `benttham`, `betnham`, `bnetham`, `ebntham`

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