ridged
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒd/
"ridged" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ridged” is uncommon English (frequency #61,774 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,774
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having ridges.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ridged · ridged · English
ridged · rank #61,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,774
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH restive
Nearest frequency peer: restive (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ridged”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- reining
reining
38,238 corpus weight
- Renwick
Renwick
38,236 corpus weight
- restatement
restatement
38,232 corpus weight
- restive
restive
38,231 corpus weight
- ridged
ridged
38,227 corpus weight
- rummy
rummy
38,218 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ridged” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ridged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ridged” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ridged is uncommon English at frequency #61,774 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹɪd͡ʒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having ridges.".
ridged doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rigged, riggid, ryggyd, rugged, equivalent to ridge + -ed. The correct English form is ridged, spelled R-I-D-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having ridges.
Etymology
From Middle English rigged, riggid, ryggyd, rugged, equivalent to ridge + -ed.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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