dragster
/ˈdɹæɡstɚ/
"dragster" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dragster” is uncommon English (frequency #90,384 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,384
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dragster · dragster · English
dragster · rank #90,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,384
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH drainpipe
Nearest frequency peer: drainpipe (+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 “dragster”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- doublespeak
doublespeak
9,622 corpus weight
- downrange
downrange
9,621 corpus weight
- dragster
dragster
9,617 corpus weight
- drainpipe
drainpipe
9,616 corpus weight
- drivable
drivable
9,615 corpus weight
- Dudek
Dudek
9,612 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dragster” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dragster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹæɡstɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dragster” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dragster is uncommon English at frequency #90,384 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɹæɡstɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
dragster doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from drag + -ster. The correct English form is dragster, spelled D-R-A-G-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
- 2One who takes part in drag racing.
- 3A drag queen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dragster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]
In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]
Etymology
Derived from drag + -ster.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).