shagged

adj

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

The verdict

“shagged” is uncommon English (frequency #62,504 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,504
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having or covered with shaggy hair.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shagged · shagged · English

shagged · rank #62,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,504
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shallot

Nearest frequency peer: shallot (+1 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.

Long-tail ranks near “shagged”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “shagged” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shagged
PropertyValue
Headwordshagged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shagged” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “shallot” (#62,505), “shebang” (#62,506), “sess” (#62,501). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shagged” is #62,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shagged is uncommon English at frequency #62,504 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shagged", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shallot#62,505shebang#62,506slinger#62,517snuggly#62,521

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list