rawr
"rawr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rawr” is uncommon English (frequency #72,697 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,697
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An expression of great appreciation, a happy imitation of a roar, often to emphasize attraction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rawr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rawr” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rawr is uncommon English at frequency #72,697 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rawr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Onomatopoeic, from roar. The correct English form is rawr, spelled R-A-W-R.
Definition
- 1An expression of great appreciation, a happy imitation of a roar, often to emphasize attraction.
- 2An expression of anger or frustration, though fairly lighthearted.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from roar.
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 “rawr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-W-R - 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.