# Bethlehem

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/ · frequency rank #17,086

## Definitions
1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
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## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Bethleem, from Old French Bethleem and Old English Bethleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm, literally “house of bread”). Doublet of bedlam and Belém.

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbethlehem`, `behtlehem`, `bethelhem`, `bethhlehem`, `bethleehm`, `bethlehemm`, `bethlehhem`, `bethlehme`, `bethlheem`, `bethllehem`, `betlhehem`, `betthlehem`, `btehlehem`, `ebthlehem`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bethlehem