bhangra
/ˈbɑːŋ.ɡɹə/
"bhangra" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bhangra” is uncommon English (frequency #64,928 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,928
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lively style of music originating from India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bhangra · bhangra · English
bhangra · rank #64,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,928
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Biles
Nearest frequency peer: Biles (+1 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 “bhangra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bhangra
bhangra
35,073 corpus weight
- Biles
Biles
35,072 corpus weight
- Bina
Bina
35,071 corpus weight
- birdhouse
birdhouse
35,070 corpus weight
- biro
biro
35,069 corpus weight
- birt
birt
35,068 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bhangra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bhangra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɑːŋ.ɡɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bhangra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bhangra is uncommon English at frequency #64,928 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɑːŋ.ɡɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bhangra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Punjabi ਭੰਗੜਾ (bhaṅgṛā) / بَھن٘گْڑا (bhaṉgṛā), from ਭੰਗ / بَھن٘گ (bhaṉg, “hemp”) + ـڑا (-ṛā). The correct English form is bhangra, spelled B-H-A-N-G-R-A.
Definition
- 1A lively style of music originating from India.
- 2A traditional Punjabi folk dance, originally a celebration of the harvest.
- 3Any of various modern Punjabi dance styles of the 1950s and 1990s.
- 4Any style of electronic dance music (EDM) influenced by the musics of the Indian subcontinent.
- 5A false daisy (Eclipta prostrata).
Etymology
From Punjabi ਭੰਗੜਾ (bhaṅgṛā) / بَھن٘گْڑا (bhaṉgṛā), from ਭੰਗ / بَھن٘گ (bhaṉg, “hemp”) + ـڑا (-ṛā).
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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