birdcage

noun

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"birdcage" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“birdcage” is uncommon English (frequency #55,953 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,953
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.

Corpus desk

Index EN-birdcage · birdcage · English

birdcage · rank #55,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,953
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH biol

Nearest frequency peer: biol (-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 “birdcage”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “birdcage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for birdcage
PropertyValue
Headwordbirdcage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “birdcage” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).birdcagefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “biol” (#55,952), “birthmark” (#55,954), “Bernardi” (#55,951). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “birdcage” is #55,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

birdcage is uncommon English at frequency #55,953 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for birdcage, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bird + cage. The correct English form is birdcage, spelled B-I-R-D-C-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
  2. 2
    A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.

Etymology

From bird + cage.

This word in other languages

jaula(Español)panier(Français)Vogelbauer(Deutsch)gaiola(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "birdcage"?
"birdcage" is spelled B-I-R-D-C-A-G-E.
What does "birdcage" mean?
As a noun, "birdcage" means: A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
What is the origin of the word "birdcage"?
From bird + cage. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "birdcage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bernardi#55,951Benidorm#55,949botulism#55,968Brickell#55,975

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list