# bugger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌɡə/ · frequency rank #28,855

## Definitions
1. A heretic.
2. Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
3. A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
4. A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain.
5. Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
6. A damn, anything at all.
7. Someone who is very fond of something
8. A whippersnapper, a tyke.

## Etymology
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.

## Easily confused with
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-buyer)
- **buggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-buggy)
- **bulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bulge)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bugle)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-butter)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-butler)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-burger)
- **bumper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bumper)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bunker)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-burner)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-buster)
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-buzzer)
- **bummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bummer)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-busier)
- **bungee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bungee)
- **bulger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-bulger)
- **buller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugger-vs-buller)
- **budge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bugger)
- **budget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budget-vs-bugger)
- **bigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bigger-vs-bugger)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbugger`, `bguger`, `bugegr`, `buger`, `buggerr`, `buggre`, `ubgger`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bugger