Bagheera
"bagheera" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bagheera” is uncommon English (frequency #96,756 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,756
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cat name; a name given to pet cats.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bagheera · Bagheera · English
Bagheera · rank #96,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,756
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH azan
Nearest frequency peer: azan (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Bagheera”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Audrina
Audrina
3,249 corpus weight
- auricular
auricular
3,248 corpus weight
- azan
azan
3,247 corpus weight
- Bagheera
Bagheera
3,245 corpus weight
- bandeau
bandeau
3,242 corpus weight
- bandpass
bandpass
3,241 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bagheera” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bagheera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bagheera” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bagheera is uncommon English at frequency #96,756 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cat name; a name given to pet cats.".
Bagheera doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”), coined by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book. The scouting term and the cat-name comes from the character name. The correct English form is Bagheera, spelled B-A-G-H-E-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1A cat name; a name given to pet cats.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bagheera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bagheera sat himself down in front of the chair, his green eyes avid with curiosity. Tony stared back at him, grinning as he saw the ragged scar that replaced the tip of one ear. When the cat tilted his head, he had a whimsically,[…]
Bagheera appeared with a “MrrrrOW!” on the edge of the table, leaping abruptly up to see what I was doing. When he saw, he got off immediately. He was a smart cat; he never messed with my puzzles. He even found missing pieces for me!
Etymology
From Hindi बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”), coined by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book. The scouting term and the cat-name comes from the character name.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).