bagasse
/bəˈɡæs/
"bagasse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bagasse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bagasse · bagasse · English
bagasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bagasse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəˈɡæs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bagasse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bagasse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bəˈɡæs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.".
bagasse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”). The correct English form is bagasse, spelled B-A-G-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.
Etymology
From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.