ragdoll
"ragdoll" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ragdoll” is uncommon English (frequency #74,428 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,428
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ragdoll · ragdoll · English
ragdoll · rank #74,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,428
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH quickfire
Nearest frequency peer: quickfire (-3 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 “ragdoll”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pyridine
pyridine
25,579 corpus weight
- Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus
25,578 corpus weight
- quashing
quashing
25,577 corpus weight
- quickfire
quickfire
25,576 corpus weight
- ragdoll
ragdoll
25,573 corpus weight
- Rainn
Rainn
25,570 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ragdoll” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ragdoll |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ragdoll” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ragdoll is uncommon English at frequency #74,428 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ragdoll, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rag doll. The correct English form is ragdoll, spelled R-A-G-D-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.
- 2A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.
- 3Alternative form of rag doll (“doll made from cloth”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ragdoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In this chapter I'll give you a taste of some of the most popular applications for physics: ragdolls, breakable objects, and movie-style explosions.
It is, in itself, a beautiful little game, but what it really indicates is a new way to create game controls: by simulating muscles rather than arbitrary forces. The rig in Ski Stunt Simulator is a controlled, active ragdoll.
Etymology
From rag doll.
This word in other languages
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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