bungalow
/ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/
"bungalow" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bungalow” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,509
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bungalow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bungalow” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bungalow (IPA /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,509 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bungalow, with forms such as "bbungalow", "bnugalow", and "bugnalow". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo. The correct English form is bungalow, spelled B-U-N-G-A-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- 2A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
- 3A chalet or lodge.
- 4A detached, freestanding house or mansion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbungalow
- bnugalow
- bugnalow
- bunaglow
- bungallow
- bungaloww
- bungalwo
- bungaolw
- bunggalow
- bunglaow
- bunngalow
- ubngalow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bungalow - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bungalow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-N-G-A-L-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.