Bengasi
[bẽŋˈgasi]
The verdict
“Bengasi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,857 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es una ciudad de Libia
Corpus desk
Index ES-bengasi · Bengasi · Spanish
Bengasi · rank #62,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,857
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bencina
Nearest frequency peer: bencina (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Bengasi”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- battery
battery
37,149 corpus weight
- belvedere
belvedere
37,146 corpus weight
- bencina
bencina
37,145 corpus weight
- Bengasi
Bengasi
37,144 corpus weight
- bermellón
bermellón
37,143 corpus weight
- bian
bian
37,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Bengasi” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bengasi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bẽŋˈgasi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Bengasi” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Bengasi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,857 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bẽŋˈgasi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es una ciudad de Libia".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bengasi, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Bengasi, spelled B-E-N-G-A-S-I.
Definition
- 1es una ciudad de Libia
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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