Belice
[beˈlise]
The verdict
“Belice” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,588 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #22,588
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País ubicado en Centroamérica, ribereño del mar Caribe, que linda con México al norte y Guatemala al oeste y al sur. Al sureste se encuentra Honduras, de la cual está separada por el golfo homónimo.
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 | Belice |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [beˈlise] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Belice” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Belice is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beˈlise]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,588 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País ubicado en Centroamérica, ribereño del mar Caribe, que linda con México al norte y Guatemala al oeste y al sur. Al sureste se encuentra Honduras, de la cual está separada por el golfo homónimo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Belice, with forms such as "bbelice", "beilce", and "belcie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "belle", "bélico", "boliche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Belice, spelled B-E-L-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1País ubicado en Centroamérica, ribereño del mar Caribe, que linda con México al norte y Guatemala al oeste y al sur. Al sureste se encuentra Honduras, de la cual está separada por el golfo homónimo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbelice,beilce,belcie,belicce,beliec,belise,bellice,bleice,eblice,velice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Belice - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Belice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-L-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beˈlise] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “belle” - see the side-by-side comparison. Belice vs belle
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.