rip-roaring
"rip-roaring" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rip-roaring” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rip-roaring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rip-roaring” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for rip-roaring is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.".
rip-roaring doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rip + roaring. The correct English form is rip-roaring, spelled R-I-P---R-O-A-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
Etymology
From rip + roaring.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rip-roaring”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-I-P---R-O-A-R-I-N-G - 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.