buggered

adj

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

The verdict

“buggered” is uncommon English (frequency #73,931 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,931
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Broken; not properly functioning.

Corpus desk

Index EN-buggered · buggered · English

buggered · rank #73,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,931
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH budging

Nearest frequency peer: budging (-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 “buggered”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buggered
PropertyValue
Headwordbuggered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “buggered” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).buggeredfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “budging” (#73,930), “bulimic” (#73,932), “bulked” (#73,933). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “buggered” is #73,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buggered is uncommon English at frequency #73,931 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

buggered has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the verb bugger. The correct English form is buggered, spelled B-U-G-G-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Broken; not properly functioning.
  2. 2
    In trouble; in a bad situation.
  3. 3
    Tired, worn-out, exhausted.
  4. 4
    damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how buggered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Your telly is buggered, best get it fixed.
  2. It's well and truly buggered now; you may as well throw it out.

Etymology

From the verb bugger.

Synonyms

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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 "buggered"?
"buggered" is spelled B-U-G-G-E-R-E-D.
What does "buggered" mean?
As an adjective, "buggered" means: Broken; not properly functioning.
What is the origin of the word "buggered"?
From the verb bugger. 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 "buggered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bunching#73,937catalase#73,949blitzing#73,912bleeping#73,911

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list