ravaged
"ravaged" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ravaged” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,375
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of ravage
Corpus desk
Index EN-ravaged · ravaged · English
ravaged · rank #23,375 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,375
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ration
Nearest frequency peer: ration (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ravaged”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rapport
rapport
76,629 corpus weight
- rapture
rapture
76,628 corpus weight
- ration
ration
76,627 corpus weight
- ravaged
ravaged
76,626 corpus weight
- reconnect
reconnect
76,625 corpus weight
- rectify
rectify
76,624 corpus weight
What this shows “ravaged” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | ravaged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ravaged”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ravaged, averb. Corpus frequency is #23,375 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of ravage".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravaged, with forms such as "arvaged", "raavged", and "ravaegd". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ravages", "ragged", "ravage", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ravaged, spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of ravage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ravaged appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arvaged
- raavged
- ravaegd
- ravagde
- ravagedd
- ravagged
- ravgaed
- ravvaged
- rravaged
- rvaaged
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravaged - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).