bagpipe
/ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/
"bagpipe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bagpipe” is uncommon English (frequency #62,692 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,692
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - singular of bagpipes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bagpipe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bagpipe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bagpipe is uncommon English at frequency #62,692 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bagpipe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is bagpipe, spelled B-A-G-P-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1singular of bagpipes
- 2Attributive form of bagpipes.
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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Using “bagpipe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-G-P-I-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.