Bergman

name

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The verdict

“Bergman” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,994
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bergman · Bergman · French

Bergman · rank #33,994 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,994
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH berceuse

Nearest frequency peer: berceuse (-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 « Bergman »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Bergman » 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).

Bergman vs birman
57% similar
Bergman vs Bergson
71% similar
Bergman vs barman
57% similar

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

Key facts for Bergman
PropertyValue
HeadwordBergman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,994
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bergman »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bergmanse 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 « berceuse » (#33,993), « Beaucaire » (#33,992), « BK » (#33,996). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bergman » est au #33,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bergman, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,994 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bergman, with forms such as "bbergman", "begrman", and "bergamn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "birman", "Bergson", "barman", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bergman, spelled B-E-R-G-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Susan Bergman (1957)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbergman
  • begrman
  • bergamn
  • berggman
  • bergmann
  • bergmman
  • bergmna
  • bermgan
  • berrgman
  • bregman
  • ebrgman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bergman - 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.

bbergman1begrman2bergamn2berggman1bergmann1bergmman1bergmna2bermgan2
Edit distance from "Bergman"

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 "Bergman"?
"Bergman" is spelled B-E-R-G-M-A-N.
What does "Bergman" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bergman" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Bergman"?
"Bergman" is commonly confused with "birman", "Bergson", "barman". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Bergman" come from?
"Bergman" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bashing#33,990atténue#33,988atteler#33,987Calypso#34,009

Similar misspelling depth

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

berceuse11 variantsBeaucaire11 variantsbraguette11 variantsassertion11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list