shagged

adj

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"shagged" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shagged” is an uncommon English word, ranked #62,504 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#62,504
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having or covered with shaggy hair.

Key facts for shagged
PropertyValue
Headwordshagged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shagged” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). shagged lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for shagged is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #62,504 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shagged, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”). The correct English form is shagged, spelled S-H-A-G-G-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having or covered with shaggy hair.
  2. 2
    Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  3. 3
    Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
  4. 4
    Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
  5. 5
    Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  6. 6
    Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.

Etymology

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shagged"?
"shagged" is spelled S-H-A-G-G-E-D.
What does "shagged" mean?
As an adjective, "shagged" means: Having or covered with shaggy hair.
What is the origin of the word "shagged"?
From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “shagged”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-H-A-G-G-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list