bacchanal
/ˈbækənəl/
"bacchanal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bacchanal” is uncommon English (frequency #94,553 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,553
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bacchanal · bacchanal · English
bacchanal · rank #94,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,553
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH backstabber
Nearest frequency peer: backstabber (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bacchanal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- avowedly
avowedly
5,455 corpus weight
- Ayling
Ayling
5,453 corpus weight
- Azizi
Azizi
5,452 corpus weight
- bacchanal
bacchanal
5,448 corpus weight
- backstabber
backstabber
5,447 corpus weight
- Baldur
Baldur
5,443 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bacchanal” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bacchanal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbækənəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bacchanal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bacchanal is uncommon English at frequency #94,553 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbækənəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bacchanal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia. The correct English form is bacchanal, spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
- 2Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Etymology
From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.