bhangra
/ˈbɑːŋ.ɡɹə/
"bhangra" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bhangra” is uncommon English (frequency #64,928 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,928
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lively style of music originating from India.
| 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) |
Where “bhangra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bhangra is uncommon English at frequency #64,928 among 31,241 “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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Using “bhangra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-H-A-N-G-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɑːŋ.ɡɹə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.