# rampage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #17,219

## Definitions
1. A course of violent, frenzied action.
2. Wild partying, typically a drinking binge

## Etymology
From Scots rampage, equivalent to ramp + -age. Perhaps influenced by Middle English rampnen (“to force, ram”), from Old English *hrampian, from Proto-West Germanic *hrampōn (“to obstruct, hinder”), see ramp.

## Easily confused with
- **ravage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rampage-vs-ravage)
- **rampant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rampage-vs-rampant)
- **rampart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rampage-vs-rampart)

## Common misspellings (10)
`armpage`, `ramapge`, `rammpage`, `rampaeg`, `rampagge`, `rampgae`, `ramppage`, `rapmage`, `rmapage`, `rrampage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rampage