Bethel
[beˈt̪el]
The verdict
“Bethel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,362 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de una ciudad cananea de la antigua región de Samaria, situada en el centro de la tierra de Canaán, al noroeste de Ai por el camino para Siquem, a 30 kilómetros al sur de Silo y a unos 16 ki...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bethel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [beˈt̪el] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bethel” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bethel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,362 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [beˈt̪el]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de una ciudad cananea de la antigua región de Samaria, situada en el centro de la tierra de Canaán, al noroeste de Ai por el camino para Siquem, a 30 kilómetros al sur de Silo y a unos 16 ki...".
Bethel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Bethel, spelled B-E-T-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre de una ciudad cananea de la antigua región de Samaria, situada en el centro de la tierra de Canaán, al noroeste de Ai por el camino para Siquem, a 30 kilómetros al sur de Silo y a unos 16 kilómetros al norte de Jerusalén. Betel es la segunda ciudad más mencionada en la Biblia.
This word in other languages
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 “Bethel”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-T-H-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beˈt̪el] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.