beghast
"beghast" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beghast” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beghast · beghast · English
beghast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | beghast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beghast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beghast is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beghast, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From be- + ghast. Cognate with German begeistern (“to inspire, excite, thrill”). The correct English form is beghast, spelled B-E-G-H-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beghast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] And all, but my own heart-wound I Beside me, (as I sat alone, Beghasted with wild dreams), [...]
[…] the beast of the earth after his kind, every thing that creepeth after his kind, and, as it were, the dod-begasted lie after his kind.
Etymology
From be- + ghast. Cognate with German begeistern (“to inspire, excite, thrill”).
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.