Berenice
/ˌbɛɹəˈniːs/
"berenice" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Berenice” is uncommon English (frequency #66,506 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,506
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berenice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌbɛɹəˈniːs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Berenice” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Berenice is uncommon English at frequency #66,506 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌbɛɹəˈniːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Berenice in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Veronica. The correct English form is Berenice, spelled B-E-R-E-N-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Veronica.
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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 “Berenice”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-E-R-E-N-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.