Bessemer
/ˈbɛsəmə/
"bessemer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bessemer” is uncommon English (frequency #52,179 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,179
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname, notably that of Henry Bessemer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bessemer · Bessemer · English
Bessemer · rank #52,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,179
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH beheld
Nearest frequency peer: beheld (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bessemer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beautify
beautify
47,827 corpus weight
- beckoned
beckoned
47,826 corpus weight
- beheld
beheld
47,824 corpus weight
- Bessemer
Bessemer
47,822 corpus weight
- bifida
bifida
47,819 corpus weight
- Blanton
Blanton
47,818 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bessemer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bessemer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɛsəmə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bessemer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bessemer is uncommon English at frequency #52,179 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɛsəmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bessemer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Bessemer, spelled B-E-S-S-E-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname, notably that of Henry Bessemer.
- 2A community in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- 3A place in the United States:
- 4A place in the United States:
- 5A place in the United States:
- 6A place in the United States:
- 7A place in the United States:
- 8A place in the United States:
- 9A place in the United States:
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.