bagasse
ba·gasse/bəˈɡæs/noun
bagasse is spelled B-A-G-A-S-S-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ba·gasse). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bagasse means “The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bagasse is bagasses.
How many letters and syllables are in bagasse?
| Letters | 7: B-A-G-A-S-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ba·gasse |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bagasse?
Bagasse appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bagasse?
- UK /bəˈɡæs/
- UK /bæ-/
- UK /-ˈɡɑːs/
Bagasse has 2 syllables, split ba·gasse in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bagasse.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-bagasse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bagasse?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bagasse from its last stressed vowel (/æs/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bagasse
- bagasses plural
- bagass
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bagasse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- 2
archaicobsoleteSynonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bagasse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bagasse come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo (“plant residue (especially from sugar cane) after juice is extracted”), from baga (“berry”) (from Latin bāca (“berry or other small fruit; etc.”); further etymology uncertain) + -azo (augmentative suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).