bung-hole
/ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/
"bung-hole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bung-hole” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bung-hole · bung-hole · English
bung-hole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bung-hole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bung-hole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bung-hole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bung-hole, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bung + hole. The correct English form is bung-hole, spelled B-U-N-G---H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung.
- 2The anus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bung-hole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pop a tap in the barrel's bung-hole so you can pour us a round of beer, innkeeper!
Cæsar's dust - or is it Alexander's? - may stop a bunghole, but the functions of these dead Cæsars of the past was to light up a savage fetish dance.
Etymology
From bung + hole.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.