Bengale

\bɛ̃.ɡal\

/\bɛ̃.ɡal\/ noun

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The verdict

“Bengale” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,338
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien royaume situé dans le delta du Gange, les Français y établirent le comptoir de Chandernagor.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bengale · Bengale · French

Bengale · rank #27,338 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,338
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Berthier

Nearest frequency peer: Berthier (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bengale »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Bengale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bengale vs bergame
57% similar
Bengale vs biennale
63% similar
Bengale vs banale
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bengale
PropertyValue
HeadwordBengale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛ̃.ɡal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,338
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bengale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Bengalese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Berthier » (#27,339), « BBQ » (#27,336), « bet » (#27,340). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bengale » est au #27,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bengale (IPA \bɛ̃.ɡal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,338 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bengale, with forms such as "bbengale", "begnale", and "benagle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bergame", "biennale", "banale", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Bengale, spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien royaume situé dans le delta du Gange, les Français y établirent le comptoir de Chandernagor.
  2. 2
    Zone géographique de l'est du sous-continent indien aujourd'hui partagée entre l'Inde et le Bangladesh, pays où se parle le bengali.
  3. 3
    Feu d'artifice comprenant une composition chimique qui produit une lumière colorée en s'enflammant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les Indes Orientales, la Grande Bretagne restituera à la France, dans l’Etat où ils sont aujourd’hui, les differens Comptoirs que cette Couronne possedoit, tant sur la Côte de Coromandel, d’Orixa, que sur celle de Malabar, ainsi que dans le Bengale, au Commencement de l'Année 1749. Et Sa Majesté Très Chrêtienne renonce à toute Pretension aux Acquisit…
  2. Le Nil déborderait ; les roses du Bengale Frissonnent dans ces champs où se tait la cigale ;

This word in other languages

Bengal(English)Bengala(Español)Bengalen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbengale
  • begnale
  • benagle
  • bengael
  • bengalle
  • benggale
  • benglae
  • benngale
  • bnegale
  • ebngale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bengale - 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.

bbengale1begnale2benagle2bengael2bengalle1benggale1benglae2benngale1
Edit distance from "Bengale"

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 "Bengale"?
"Bengale" is spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ̃.ɡal\.
What does "Bengale" mean?
As a noun, "Bengale" means: Ancien royaume situé dans le delta du Gange, les Français y établirent le comptoir de Chandernagor.
What words are commonly confused with "Bengale"?
"Bengale" is commonly confused with "bergame", "biennale", "banale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bengale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bengale" is \bɛ̃.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bengale" come from?
"Bengale" 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 "Bengale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baisent#27,332boulons#27,347attiser#27,326cassant#27,358

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

acharne10 variantsColeman10 variantscougars10 variantscourbet10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list