Buganda
"buganda" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Buganda” is uncommon English (frequency #83,079 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,079
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A geographic region and non-sovereign kingdom in Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region; originated as a vassal state of Bunyoro during the 14th century and became the dominant kingdom o...
Corpus desk
Index EN-buganda · Buganda · English
Buganda · rank #83,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,079
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Buenaventura
Nearest frequency peer: Buenaventura (-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 “Buganda”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- breve
breve
16,926 corpus weight
- Buenaventura
Buenaventura
16,923 corpus weight
- Buganda
Buganda
16,922 corpus weight
- Bukhara
Bukhara
16,921 corpus weight
- bunion
bunion
16,919 corpus weight
- Burling
Burling
16,917 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Buganda” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buganda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Buganda” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Buganda is uncommon English at frequency #83,079 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A geographic region and non-sovereign kingdom in Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region; originated as a vassal state of Bunyoro during the 14th century and became the dominant kingdom o...".
Buganda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Buganda, spelled B-U-G-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1A geographic region and non-sovereign kingdom in Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region; originated as a vassal state of Bunyoro during the 14th century and became the dominant kingdom of the region by the 17th century and still exists today.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Buganda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soon after his arrival Sir Andrew toured the ssazas of Buganda and I accompanied him.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).