bigha
"bigha" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bigha” 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 measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bigha · bigha · English
bigha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | bigha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bigha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bigha is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bigha, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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: Borrowed from Bengali বিঘা (bigha). The correct English form is bigha, spelled B-I-G-H-A.
Definition
- 1A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bigha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .
Etymology
Borrowed from Bengali বিঘা (bigha).
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.