benzoic
/bɛnˈzəʊɪk/
"benzoic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“benzoic” is uncommon English (frequency #97,845 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,845
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-benzoic · benzoic · English
benzoic · rank #97,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,845
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Benicia
Nearest frequency peer: Benicia (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “benzoic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- beneficiati…
beneficiation
2,158 corpus weight
- Benicia
Benicia
2,157 corpus weight
- benzoic
benzoic
2,156 corpus weight
- beseeching
beseeching
2,155 corpus weight
- BHT
BHT
2,154 corpus weight
- Bich
Bich
2,152 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “benzoic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benzoic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɛnˈzəʊɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “benzoic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
benzoic is uncommon English at frequency #97,845 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bɛnˈzəʊɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for benzoic, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From benzene + -oic. Compare French benzoïque. The correct English form is benzoic, spelled B-E-N-Z-O-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
- 2Derived from benzoic acid or its derivatives.
Etymology
From benzene + -oic. Compare French benzoïque.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).