Bentonville

name

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"bentonville" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Bentonville” is uncommon English (frequency #61,304 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,304
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Benton County, Arkansas, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bentonville · Bentonville · English

Bentonville · rank #61,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,304
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH benching

Nearest frequency peer: benching (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Bentonville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bentonville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bentonville
PropertyValue
HeadwordBentonville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Bentonville” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Bentonvillefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “benching” (#61,302), “Bergin” (#61,307), “bellman” (#61,300). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Bentonville” is #61,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bentonville is uncommon English at frequency #61,304 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Bentonville in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Benton + -ville. The correct English form is Bentonville, spelled B-E-N-T-O-N-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Benton County, Arkansas, United States.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
  3. 3
    A former village, now an unincorporated community, in Johnston County, North Carolina.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Jim Wells County, Texas.

Etymology

From Benton + -ville.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bentonville"?
"Bentonville" is spelled B-E-N-T-O-N-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Bentonville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bentonville" means: A city, the county seat of Benton County, Arkansas, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Bentonville"?
From Benton + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bentonville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Baumgartner#61,295attentional#61,290Bridlington#61,328amyotrophic#61,263

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list