Which to use
“bent” and “bento” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,668
- “bent” frequency rank
- #44,328
- “bento” frequency rank
- 83996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bent | bento |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Type de bicyclette sur laquelle on pédale couché sur le dos. | Repas traditionnel japonais disposé dans une boite compartimentée. |
Where the eye mixes bent and bento
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bent runs 4 letters (CVCC) against bento's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bent and bento
A purely visual mix-up. bent (\bɛnt\) and bento (\bɛn.to\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bent” sits inside “bento”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bent is recorded at frequency rank #39,668, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛnt\. bento is at rank #44,328, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɛn.to\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 83996, this pair ranks #13,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bent vs bento
Shared letters: bent. Private to "bent": -. Private to "bento": o.
"bent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bento" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bent" and "bento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bent" or "bento"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bent" and "bento" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bent" and "bento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bento vs beton". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.