ragdoll
\ʁaɡ.dɔl\
The verdict
“ragdoll” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race de chat, originaire des États-Unis, à queue longue, à poil mi-long, et à robe colourpoint, mitted ou bicolore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ragdoll · ragdoll · French
ragdoll · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ragdoll |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁaɡ.dɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ragdoll » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ragdoll is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁaɡ.dɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de chat, originaire des États-Unis, à queue longue, à poil mi-long, et à robe colourpoint, mitted ou bicolore.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ragdoll in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ragdoll, spelled R-A-G-D-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1Race de chat, originaire des États-Unis, à queue longue, à poil mi-long, et à robe colourpoint, mitted ou bicolore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ragdoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lauréats de chaque catégorie peuvent affronter les lauréats d’autres catégories, contre lesquels ils concourent pour le titre de champion. Le sacré de Birmanie entre alors en compétition avec l’ensemble des chats à poils mi-longs, le sibérien, le ragdoll et le maine coon.
This word in other languages
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.