bigot
/ˈbɪɡət/
"bigot" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bigot” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #22,902 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,902
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bigot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪɡət/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bigot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bigot is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɪɡət/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,902 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bigot, with forms such as "bbigot", "bgiot", and "biggot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bit", "bio", "bot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly rel… The correct English form is bigot, spelled B-I-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
- 2One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
Etymology
From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which is also thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time, and les sommobiches (see son of a bitch) during World War I). From meaning "someone overly religious" it came to mean "someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion", and then to its current sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic origin theory above. Liberman however opines that this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“inhabitant of Albi”), named after the commune in southern France where Catharism (also known as Albigensianism) is thought to have originated. However, neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor Online Etymology Dictionary list Grammont and Liberman's theory among their possible origins. Compare typologically Russian ханжа́ (xanžá) (< Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı, “Kaaba pilgrim”)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbigot,bgiot,biggot,bigott,bigto,biogt,ibgot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bigot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “bigot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-G-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɪɡət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bit” - see the side-by-side comparison. bigot vs bit
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.