megass
/məˈɡæs/
"megass" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“megass” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bagasse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-megass · megass · English
megass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | megass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈɡæs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “megass” in English
Rare enough to double-check
megass is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /məˈɡæs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bagasse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for megass, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse. The correct English form is megass, spelled M-E-G-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Bagasse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how megass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]
Etymology
Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse.
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.