bénigne

\be.niɲ\

/\be.niɲ\/ adj

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The verdict

“bénigne” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,238
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de bénin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-benigne · bénigne · French

bénigne · rank #25,238 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,238
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buvait

Nearest frequency peer: buvait (-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 « bénigne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bénigne » 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).

bénigne vs bénin
71% similar
bénigne vs benne
57% similar
bénigne vs bénite
71% similar

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

Key facts for bénigne
PropertyValue
Headwordbénigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\be.niɲ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,238
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bénigne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bénignese 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 « buvait » (#25,237), « cambrioleur » (#25,239), « burqa » (#25,236). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bénigne » est au #25,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bénigne (IPA \be.niɲ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,238 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de bénin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bénigne, with forms such as "bbénigne", "benigne", and "bnéigne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bénin", "benne", "bénite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bénigne, spelled B-É-N-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de bénin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbénigne
  • benigne
  • bnéigne
  • béingne
  • béngine
  • bénigen
  • béniggne
  • bénignne
  • béninge
  • bénnigne
  • ébnigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bénigne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbénigne1benigne1bnéigne2béingne2béngine2bénigen2béniggne1bénignne1
Edit distance from "bénigne"

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 "bénigne"?
"bénigne" is spelled B-É-N-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \be.niɲ\.
What does "bénigne" mean?
As an adjective, "bénigne" means: Féminin singulier de bénin.
What words are commonly confused with "bénigne"?
"bénigne" is commonly confused with "bénin", "benne", "bénite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bénigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bénigne" is \be.niɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bénigne" come from?
"bénigne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bouvier#25,233boiteux#25,226Belgium#25,220consuls#25,260

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Canaries11 variantsblogueur11 variantsbinaires11 variantsbanquise11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list