scraggy
/ˈskɹæɡi/adjective
scraggy is spelled S-C-R-A-G-G-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scraggy means “Rough and irregular; jagged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scraggy?
| Letters | 7: S-C-R-A-G-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scraggy?
Scraggy appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 scraggy?
- /ˈskɹæɡi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scraggy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scraggy
- scraggier comparative
- scraggiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scraggy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Rough and irregular; jagged.
- 2
Lean or thin, scrawny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scraggy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense very lean:
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.