raggedy
/ˈɹæɡɪdi/
"raggedy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raggedy” is uncommon English (frequency #50,759 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,759
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Torn, ragged or tattered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-raggedy · raggedy · English
raggedy · rank #50,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,759
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH raga
Nearest frequency peer: raga (-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 “raggedy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rabbinical
rabbinical
49,245 corpus weight
- rach
rach
49,244 corpus weight
- raga
raga
49,243 corpus weight
- raggedy
raggedy
49,242 corpus weight
- rawhide
rawhide
49,241 corpus weight
- reacher
reacher
49,240 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “raggedy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “raggedy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
raggedy is uncommon English at frequency #50,759 among 3,094 “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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