bhang
/bæŋ/
"bhang" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bhang” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, traditionally consumed in food or drink, especially during Hindu festivals such as Holi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bhang · bhang · English
bhang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | bhang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bæŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bhang” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bhang is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bæŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bhang has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hindustani بھانگ / भाँग (bhāṅg). The correct English form is bhang, spelled B-H-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1A preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, traditionally consumed in food or drink, especially during Hindu festivals such as Holi.
- 2Cannabis or its preparations generally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bhang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.
Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity. The effects, the write asserts, are similar to those produced by bhang.
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindustani بھانگ / भाँग (bhāṅg).
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.