Belém

name

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The verdict

“Belém” is uncommon French (frequency #94,526 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,526
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bethléem, ville de Cisjordanie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-belem · Belém · French

Belém · rank #94,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,526
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Berenice

Nearest frequency peer: Berenice (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Belém »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Belém » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Belém
PropertyValue
HeadwordBelém
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,526
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Belém » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Belémtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Berenice » (#94,528), « bidoche » (#94,531), « bda » (#94,520). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Belém » est au #94,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Belém is uncommon French at frequency #94,526 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Belém has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Belém, spelled B-E-L-É-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bethléem, ville de Cisjordanie.
  2. 2
    Quartier de Lisbonne.
  3. 3
    Belém.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Belém appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tendo Jesus nascido em Belém da Judéia no tempo do rei Herodes.
  2. A Torre de Belém.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Belém"?
"Belém" is spelled B-E-L-É-M.
What does "Belém" mean?
As a proper noun, "Belém" means: Bethléem, ville de Cisjordanie.
What language does "Belém" come from?
"Belém" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Belém", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baste#94,515babos#94,499AWACS#94,497brime#94,561

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list