rager

\ʁa.ʒe\

/\ʁa.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“rager” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,708
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être en proie à une violente irritation, à la colère, le plus souvent muette, enrager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rager · rager · French

rager · rank #28,708 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,708
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raffineries

Nearest frequency peer: raffineries (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rager »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rager » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rager vs RER
0% similar
rager vs rare
60% similar
rager vs raté
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rager
PropertyValue
Headwordrager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.ʒe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,708
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rager »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ragerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raffineries » (#28,707), « rampant » (#28,709), « radin » (#28,706). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rager » est au #28,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rager (IPA \ʁa.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,708 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rager, with forms such as "arger", "raegr", and "ragerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RER", "rare", "raté", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rager, spelled R-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être en proie à une violente irritation, à la colère, le plus souvent muette, enrager.
  2. 2
    Exprimer des réactions violentes et impulsives lors d’une frustration excessive ou de mauvaise foi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il rageait de tout son cœur. — On le laissa seul rager dans un coin.
  2. Au lieu de rager comme une bique, tu ferais mieux d’imiter ta sœur qui apprend sagement ses leçons pendant que tu perds ton temps !

This word in other languages

rabiar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arger
  • raegr
  • ragerr
  • ragger
  • ragre
  • rgaer
  • rrager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rager - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arger2raegr2ragerr1ragger1ragre2rgaer2rrager1
Edit distance from "rager"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rager"?
"rager" is spelled R-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ʒe\.
What does "rager" mean?
As a verb, "rager" means: Être en proie à une violente irritation, à la colère, le plus souvent muette, enrager.
What words are commonly confused with "rager"?
"rager" is commonly confused with "RER", "rare", "raté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rager" is \ʁa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rager" come from?
"rager" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

radin#28,706pinte#28,691risée#28,725Perth#28,687

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

noyée7 variantssodas7 variantssouder7 variantslupus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list