racquetball

noun

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"racquetball" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“racquetball” is uncommon English (frequency #56,999 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,999
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.

Corpus desk

Index EN-racquetball · racquetball · English

racquetball · rank #56,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,999
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH radiographic

Nearest frequency peer: radiographic (+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 “racquetball”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “racquetball” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for racquetball
PropertyValue
Headwordracquetball
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “racquetball” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).racquetballfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “radiographic” (#57,000), “quatre” (#56,997), “railroading” (#57,001). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “racquetball” is #56,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

racquetball is uncommon English at frequency #56,999 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for racquetball, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.

Etymologically, the entry records: From racquet + ball. The correct English form is racquetball, spelled R-A-C-Q-U-E-T-B-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
  2. 2
    A ball used for this sport.

Etymology

From racquet + ball.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "racquetball"?
"racquetball" is spelled R-A-C-Q-U-E-T-B-A-L-L.
What does "racquetball" mean?
As a noun, "racquetball" means: A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
What is the origin of the word "racquetball"?
From racquet + ball. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "racquetball", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

railroading#57,001prefectural#56,989physiologic#56,978revaluation#57,021

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list