bengals
\bɛ̃.ɡal\
The verdict
“bengals” is uncommon French (frequency #71,282 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,282
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de bengal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bengals |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ̃.ɡal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bengals” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bengals is uncommon French at frequency #71,282 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ̃.ɡal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bengal.".
bengals has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 French form is bengals, spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bengal.
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.
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Using “bengals”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-N-G-A-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.