ravaged

verb

"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
21,470
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of ravage

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ravaged vs ravages
86% similar
ravaged vs ragged
71% similar
ravaged vs ravage
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ravaged
PropertyValue
Headwordravaged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,375
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ravaged” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ravaged lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ravaged, averb. Corpus frequency is #23,375 among 21,470 “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

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ravage

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.

arvaged2raavged2ravaegd2ravagde2ravagedd1ravagged1ravgaed2ravvaged1
Edit distance from "ravaged"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ravaged"?
"ravaged" is spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-D.
What does "ravaged" mean?
As a verb, "ravaged" means: simple past and past participle of ravage
What words are commonly confused with "ravaged"?
"ravaged" is commonly confused with "ravages", "ragged", "ravage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ravaged" come from?
"ravaged" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “ravaged”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is R-A-V-A-G-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “ravages” - see the side-by-side comparison. ravaged vs ravages
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list