old bean
"old-bean" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“old 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An old friend; an old chap or fellow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-old-bean · old bean · English
old bean · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | old bean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “old bean” in English
Rare enough to double-check
old bean is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An old friend; an old chap or fellow.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for old bean in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Possibly from playful mid-word substitution of "boy" in "old boy" The correct English form is old bean, spelled O-L-D- -B-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1An old friend; an old chap or fellow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how old bean appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]
When this here old Bean told me, you could have knocked me down with a feather.
Etymology
Possibly from playful mid-word substitution of "boy" in "old boy"
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.