been
/ˈbeːn/
The verdict
“been” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,526) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,526
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - perna
Corpus desk
Index PT-been · been · Portuguese
been · rank #14,526 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,526
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH barca
Nearest frequency peer: barca (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “been”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- baixinho
baixinho
85,478 corpus weight
- barca
barca
85,476 corpus weight
- been
been
85,475 corpus weight
- bife
bife
85,473 corpus weight
- Canada
Canada
85,470 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterização
85,469 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “been” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | been |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbeːn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “been”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for been is neighbouring look-alikes ("bem", "bin", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈbeːn/. Frequency #14,526 among 840 “B” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for been, with forms such as "bbeen", "beenn", and "ben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bem", "bin", "bon", 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 Portuguese form is been, spelled B-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1perna
- 2perna (de objetos):
- 3pata (de cavalo);
- 4lado:
- 5osso
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how been appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
de benen van een passer
de benen van een hoek
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeen
- beenn
- ben
- eben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of been - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).