bogle
/ˈbɒɡ.əl/
"bogle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bogle” is uncommon English (frequency #67,269 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,269
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bogle · bogle · English
bogle · rank #67,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,269
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blowfish
Nearest frequency peer: blowfish (-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 “bogle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blakey
blakey
32,736 corpus weight
- Bleecker
Bleecker
32,735 corpus weight
- blowfish
blowfish
32,733 corpus weight
- bogle
bogle
32,732 corpus weight
- bondsman
bondsman
32,730 corpus weight
- bookmaking
bookmaking
32,729 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bogle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bogle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɒɡ.əl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bogle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bogle is uncommon English at frequency #67,269 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɒɡ.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bogle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”). The correct English form is bogle, spelled B-O-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
- 2A scarecrow.
- 3A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bogle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle
“Montgomery,” said I, “what was that thing that came after me? Was it a beast or was it a man?” “If you don’t sleep to-night,” he said, “you’ll be off your head to-morrow.” I stood up in front of him. “What was that thing that came after me?” I asked. He looked me squarely in the eyes, and twisted his mouth askew. His eyes, which had seemed animated a min…
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).
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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