The word "behring" can be spelled with an "e" or an "a." The correct spelling is "Bering," with an "e," and it refers to the Bering Sea and the Bering Strait in the North Pacific Ocean. The IPA phonetic transcription for "Bering" is /ˈbɛrɪŋ/. This means that the first syllable is pronounced with an "e" sound, similar to the word "bet," while the second syllable is pronounced with an "i" sound, as in "pin."