ruddock
/ˈɹʌdək/
"ruddock" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ruddock” is an uncommon English word, ranked #83,694 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,694
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The European robin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruddock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹʌdək/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ruddock” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ruddock is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹʌdək/. Corpus data places it at rank #83,694 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ruddock, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Old English rudduc, ruduc (“robin, ruddock”, literally “little red one, red-ling”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). The Welsh rhuddog, and Cornish rudhek (“the redbreast”) are prob… The correct English form is ruddock, spelled R-U-D-D-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1The European robin.
- 2A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
- 3A variety of red apple, used for cidermaking.
Etymology
From Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Old English rudduc, ruduc (“robin, ruddock”, literally “little red one, red-ling”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). The Welsh rhuddog, and Cornish rudhek (“the redbreast”) are probably from the English, although a derivation from a British Celtic *roudākos (< *roudos "red") for all three cannot be ruled out. More at rud.
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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- The one correct English spelling is R-U-D-D-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.