Benjamin
/ˈbɛnjamiːn/
The verdict
“Benjamin” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,603
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Benjamim
Corpus desk
Index PT-benjamin · Benjamin · Portuguese
Benjamin · rank #7,603 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,603
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH brad
Nearest frequency peer: brad (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Benjamin”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bacon
bacon
92,402 corpus weight
- baiano
baiano
92,401 corpus weight
- balão
balão
92,400 corpus weight
- Benjamin
Benjamin
92,398 corpus weight
- brad
brad
92,397 corpus weight
- brinde
brinde
92,395 corpus weight
What this shows “Benjamin” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | Benjamin |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɛnjamiːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Benjamin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Benjamin (IPA /ˈbɛnjamiːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,603 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Benjamin, with forms such as "bbenjamin", "bejnamin", and "benajmin". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "benjamim", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Benjamin, spelled B-E-N-J-A-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Benjamim
- 2uma das doze tribos de Israel
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbenjamin
- bejnamin
- benajmin
- benjaimn
- benjaminn
- benjammin
- benjamni
- benjjamin
- benjmain
- bennjamin
- bnejamin
- ebnjamin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Benjamin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Benjamin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).