ridge
/ɹɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
ridge is spelled R-I-D-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ridge means “The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ridge is ridges.
How many letters and syllables are in ridge?
| Letters | 5: R-I-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ridge?
Ridge appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ridge?
- US /ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Ridge has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ridge.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ridge?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ridge from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdʒ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dirge.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ridge
- ridges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ridging participle, present
- ridged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ridge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- 2
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
- 3
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
mountain ridge
- 4
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- 5
The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- 6
A chain of mountains.
- 7
A chain of hills.
- 8
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
verb
- 1
To form into a ridge.
- 2
To extend in ridges.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ridge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crête , faîte , dorsale |
| German | Grat , First , Bergkette |
| Portuguese | aresta, cresta , cumeeira , espinhaço, serro, serra |
| Spanish | cresta, arista , cumbrera, caballete , cordillera, sierra |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ridge come from?
From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).