rag doll

\ɹæɡ dɒl\

/\ɹæɡ dɒl\/ noun

The verdict

“rag doll” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poupée de chiffon.

Key facts for rag doll
PropertyValue
Headwordrag doll
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɹæɡ dɒl\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rag doll” sits in French frequency

rag doll falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rag doll is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɹæɡ dɒl\. 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: "Poupée de chiffon.".

No misspelling variants are generated for rag doll in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rag doll, spelled R-A-G- -D-O-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poupée de chiffon.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rag doll"?
"rag doll" is spelled R-A-G- -D-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɹæɡ dɒl\.
What does "rag doll" mean?
As a noun, "rag doll" means: Poupée de chiffon.
How do you pronounce "rag doll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rag doll" is \ɹæɡ dɒl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rag doll" come from?
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Using “rag doll”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is R-A-G- -D-O-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɹæɡ dɒl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

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