lose one's rag
"lose-one-s-rag" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lose one's rag” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To become angry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lose-one-s-rag · lose one's rag · English
lose one's rag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lose one's rag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lose one's rag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lose one's rag is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To become angry.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lose one's rag, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lose one's rag, spelled L-O-S-E- -O-N-E-'-S- -R-A-G.
Definition
- 1To become angry.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lose one's rag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1928, Ethel May Dell, The Gate Marked "Private", G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 248, […] he could not have said wherefore. “She was dressed as a bride if you must know,” he said. “But I don’t know what you’ve got to lose your rag about. She’s nothing to you.”
c'''1934, in Famous Plays of 1933–1934, page 449, Doll: Well, I’ll be trotting along. Sorry I lost my rag with […]
Synonyms
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.