besan
/ˈbeɪsən/noun
besan is spelled B-E-S-A-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, besan means “Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in besan?
| Letters | 5: B-E-S-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is besan?
Besan appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce besan?
- /ˈbeɪsən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-besan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with besan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as besan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: beans, basen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does besan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does besan come from?
From Tamil [Term?]. Compare Hindi बेसन (besan).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).