Béranger
\be.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\
The verdict
“Béranger” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,689
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beranger · Béranger · French
Béranger · rank #41,689 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,689
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH camel
Nearest frequency peer: camel (+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 « Béranger »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- brusquer
brusquer
58,316 corpus weight
- bulbes
bulbes
58,314 corpus weight
- Béranger
Béranger
58,312 corpus weight
- camel
camel
58,311 corpus weight
- camionnettes
camionnettes
58,310 corpus weight
- campeurs
campeurs
58,309 corpus weight
What this shows « Béranger » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Béranger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \be.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Béranger »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Béranger (IPA \be.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,689 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Béranger, with forms such as "bbéranger", "beranger", and "bréanger". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "berger", "berner", "branler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Béranger, spelled B-É-R-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Béranger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Elle va rebondir, conseiller des couples, c’est une sorte de Macha Béranger des temps modernes, prête à tout pour exister », résume Jean-Luc Périchon, producteur exécutif de la série.
— Bah ! Je n’aime pas plus votre druidesse que votre Chateaubriand ! répondit Marsillat, qui se piquait de libéralisme. Vive Lisette ! vive le charmant Béranger ! — Écrivain de mauvaise compagnie, reprit le jeune homme avec dédain ; n’est-ce pas sir Arthur ? est-ce que vous pouvez supporter ce chansonnier de taverne ? — Béranger ! grand poëte ! dit tranqu…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbéranger
- beranger
- bréanger
- béarnger
- béragner
- béranegr
- bérangerr
- bérangger
- bérangre
- bérannger
- bérnager
- bérranger
- ébranger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Béranger - 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.
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 "Béranger"?
What does "Béranger" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Béranger"?
How do you pronounce "Béranger"?
What language does "Béranger" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Béranger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).