broad bean
"broad-bean" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broad bean” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broad bean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “broad bean” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
broad bean is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for broad bean in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is broad bean, spelled B-R-O-A-D- -B-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “broad bean”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-O-A-D- -B-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.