beige

/[ˈbejʃ]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,903

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

beige is anSpanishadj. It means: De color marrón claro, café claro. Pronounced [ˈbejʃ]. Often confused with big and Berg.

Key facts for beige
PropertyValue
Headwordbeige
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈbejʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,903
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of beige in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for beige is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbejʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,903 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De color marrón claro, café claro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for beige, with forms such as "bbeige", "begie", and "beieg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "big", "Berg", "besé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is beige, spelled B-E-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De color marrón claro, café claro.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeige,begie,beieg,beigge,biege,ebige,veige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beige

Misspelling Variants of "beige"

bbeige6begie5beieg5beigge6biege5ebige5veige5
Misspelling Variants of "beige"

Frequency rank: #35,903 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beige"?
"beige" is spelled B-E-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbejʃ].
What does "beige" mean?
As an adj, "beige" means: De color marrón claro, café claro.
What words are commonly confused with "beige"?
"beige" is commonly confused with "big", "Berg", "besé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beige" is [ˈbejʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beige" come from?
"beige" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.