bingo
/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
"bingo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bingo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,990
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off...
Corpus desk
Index EN-bingo · bingo · English
bingo · rank #10,990 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,990
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH beck
Nearest frequency peer: beck (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bingo”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- badass
badass
89,014 corpus weight
- barred
barred
89,013 corpus weight
- beck
beck
89,012 corpus weight
- bingo
bingo
89,011 corpus weight
- blogging
blogging
89,010 corpus weight
- boiler
boiler
89,009 corpus weight
What this shows “bingo” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bingo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bingo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bingo (IPA /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,990 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bingo, with forms such as "bbingo", "bigno", and "binggo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bio", "bong", "bins", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. The correct English form is bingo, spelled B-I-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
- 2A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance
- 3A win in such a game.
- 4A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
- 5Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bingo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.
animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo
Etymology
Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbingo
- bigno
- binggo
- binngo
- binog
- bnigo
- ibngo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bingo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bingo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).