Bugis
/ˈbuːɡɪs/
"bugis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bugis” is uncommon English (frequency #96,813 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,813
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a people of southern Sulawesi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bugis · Bugis · English
Bugis · rank #96,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,813
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bufo
Nearest frequency peer: bufo (-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 “Bugis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brunetti
Brunetti
3,192 corpus weight
- bufo
bufo
3,189 corpus weight
- Bugis
Bugis
3,188 corpus weight
- Bukharin
Bukharin
3,187 corpus weight
- Butera
Butera
3,183 corpus weight
- butterfinge…
butterfingers
3,181 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bugis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bugis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbuːɡɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bugis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bugis is uncommon English at frequency #96,813 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbuːɡɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bugis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay Bugis, from Makasar ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ (Bugisi'), probably from Proto-South Sulawesi **Bugis or Buginese ᨓᨘᨁᨗ (Wugi'), ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Ugi'), ᨕᨚᨁᨗ (Ogi') (a self-designation). Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi'. The correct English form is Bugis, spelled B-U-G-I-S.
Definition
- 1A member of a people of southern Sulawesi.
- 2The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
- 3A district in central Singapore, around a street of the same name.
Etymology
From Malay Bugis, from Makasar ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ (Bugisi'), probably from Proto-South Sulawesi **Bugis or Buginese ᨓᨘᨁᨗ (Wugi'), ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Ugi'), ᨕᨚᨁᨗ (Ogi') (a self-designation). Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi'.
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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