bença
The verdict
“bença” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,480 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,480
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa pedido de abençoamento a parente mais velho como tios, avós, bisavós
Corpus desk
Index PT-benca · bença · Portuguese
bença · rank #95,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,480
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH beside
Nearest frequency peer: beside (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bença”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- atabaque
atabaque
4,558 corpus weight
- bença
bença
4,521 corpus weight
- beside
beside
4,520 corpus weight
- caiana
caiana
4,494 corpus weight
- carreras
carreras
4,479 corpus weight
- castra
castra
4,477 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bença” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bença |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bença” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bença is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,480 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressa pedido de abençoamento a parente mais velho como tios, avós, bisavós".
No misspelling variants are generated for bença in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bença, spelled B-E-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1expressa pedido de abençoamento a parente mais velho como tios, avós, bisavós
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bença appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celhas De Pedra
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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