buggery
/ˈbʌɡəɹi/
"buggery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buggery” is uncommon English (frequency #74,791 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,791
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anal sex.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buggery · buggery · English
buggery · rank #74,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,791
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Broner
Nearest frequency peer: Broner (-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 “buggery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- BRCA
BRCA
25,216 corpus weight
- BRD
BRD
25,215 corpus weight
- briny
briny
25,212 corpus weight
- Broner
Broner
25,211 corpus weight
- buggery
buggery
25,210 corpus weight
- BYD
BYD
25,205 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “buggery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buggery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌɡəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “buggery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
buggery is uncommon English at frequency #74,791 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌɡəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for buggery, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bugger + -y (nominal suffix). The correct English form is buggery, spelled B-U-G-G-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Anal sex.
- 2Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia.
- 3A broken or damaged condition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buggery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years.
Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Ten Years.
Etymology
From bugger + -y (nominal suffix).
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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