rag

/[ʁaːk]/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,740

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rag is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen Pronounced [ʁaːk]. Often confused with re and Rb.

Key facts for rag
PropertyValue
Headwordrag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁaːk]
Letters3
Frequency rank#37,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rag in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rag is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,740 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for rag in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "Rb", "Rn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rag, spelled R-A-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen

Frequency rank: #37,740 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rag"?
"rag" is spelled R-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁaːk].
What does "rag" mean?
As a verb, "rag" means: 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen
What words are commonly confused with "rag"?
"rag" is commonly confused with "re", "Rb", "Rn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rag" is [ʁaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rag" come from?
"rag" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.