bencina
[bẽnˈsina]
The verdict
“bencina” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,856 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,856
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mezcla de varios hidrocarburos, obtenida por destilación del alquitrán de la hulla, de los petróleos, etc., que se emplea especialmente como combustible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bencina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bẽnˈsina] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bencina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bencina is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bẽnˈsina]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,856 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bencina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is bencina, spelled B-E-N-C-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Mezcla de varios hidrocarburos, obtenida por destilación del alquitrán de la hulla, de los petróleos, etc., que se emplea especialmente como combustible.
- 2Nombre dado a la gasolina, combustible derivado del petróleo.
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 “bencina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-N-C-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bẽnˈsina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.