benn
\ˈbɛnː\
The verdict
“benn” is uncommon French (frequency #50,669 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,669
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de penn par adoucissement (p → b).
Corpus desk
Index FR-benn · benn · French
benn · rank #50,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,669
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH beacon
Nearest frequency peer: beacon (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « benn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barret
barret
49,335 corpus weight
- battes
battes
49,334 corpus weight
- beacon
beacon
49,333 corpus weight
- benn
benn
49,332 corpus weight
- Bernhardt
Bernhardt
49,331 corpus weight
- beuverie
beuverie
49,330 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « benn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɛnː\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « benn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
benn is uncommon French at frequency #50,669 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɛnː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de penn par adoucissement (p → b).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for benn, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 French form is benn, spelled B-E-N-N.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de penn par adoucissement (p → b).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how benn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An hini nʼeo ket baill en e benn a zo baill en e revr.
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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