rage
/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
"rage" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rage” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,004
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Violent uncontrolled anger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rage · rage · English
rage · rank #6,004 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,004
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH rd
Nearest frequency peer: rd (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- preference
preference
94,001 corpus weight
- promising
promising
94,000 corpus weight
- proportion
proportion
93,999 corpus weight
- rage
rage
93,997 corpus weight
- rd
rd
93,996 corpus weight
- respected
respected
93,994 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rage” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rage” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rage (IPA /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,004 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rage, with forms such as "arge", "raeg", and "ragge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "ran", "ray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood… The correct English form is rage, spelled R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Violent uncontrolled anger.
- 2A current fashion or fad.
- 3An exciting and boisterous party.
- 4A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
- 5Any vehement passion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnifi…
Etymology
From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arge
- raeg
- ragge
- rgae
- rrage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.