benvenuto

\ben.ve.ˈnu.to\

/\ben.ve.ˈnu.to\/ adj

The verdict

“benvenuto” is uncommon French (frequency #67,319 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,319
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bienvenu, qui arrive à propos, que l’on accueille avec plaisir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-benvenuto · benvenuto · French

benvenuto · rank #67,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,319
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH benigno

Nearest frequency peer: benigno (-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 « benvenuto »

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 « benvenuto » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for benvenuto
PropertyValue
Headwordbenvenuto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ben.ve.ˈnu.to\
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « benvenuto » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).benvenutotombe 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: « benigno » (#67,318), « bestiale » (#67,320), « Beltrame » (#67,317). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « benvenuto » est au #67,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

benvenuto is uncommon French at frequency #67,319 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ben.ve.ˈnu.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bienvenu, qui arrive à propos, que l’on accueille avec plaisir.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for benvenuto, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 benvenuto, spelled B-E-N-V-E-N-U-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bienvenu, qui arrive à propos, que l’on accueille avec plaisir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. benvenuto in casa mia.
  2. benvenuta in Italia.

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 "benvenuto"?
"benvenuto" is spelled B-E-N-V-E-N-U-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ben.ve.ˈnu.to\.
What does "benvenuto" mean?
As an adjective, "benvenuto" means: Bienvenu, qui arrive à propos, que l’on accueille avec plaisir.
How do you pronounce "benvenuto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "benvenuto" is \ben.ve.ˈnu.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list