raggedy
/ˈɹæɡɪdi/
"raggedy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raggedy” is uncommon English (frequency #50,759 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,759
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Torn, ragged or tattered.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raggedy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹæɡɪdi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raggedy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
raggedy is uncommon English at frequency #50,759 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹæɡɪdi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for raggedy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ragged + -y. By surface analysis, rag + -ety. The correct English form is raggedy, spelled R-A-G-G-E-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Torn, ragged or tattered.
- 2Wearing torn or tattered clothes.
Etymology
From ragged + -y. By surface analysis, rag + -ety.
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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Using “raggedy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-G-G-E-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.