raggamuffin
\ʁa.ɡa.mœ.fin\
The verdict
“raggamuffin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Style de musique issu du mouvement dancehall reggae né en Jamaïque à la fin des années 1980.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raggamuffin · raggamuffin · French
raggamuffin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | raggamuffin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ɡa.mœ.fin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raggamuffin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raggamuffin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ɡa.mœ.fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Style de musique issu du mouvement dancehall reggae né en Jamaïque à la fin des années 1980.".
raggamuffin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is raggamuffin, spelled R-A-G-G-A-M-U-F-F-I-N.
Definition
- 1Style de musique issu du mouvement dancehall reggae né en Jamaïque à la fin des années 1980.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raggamuffin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Jamaïque, raggamuffin définit l’attitude débrouillarde des jeunes urbains, le plus souvent débraillés, qui vivent au jour le jour d’expédients et constituent la clientèle privilégiée des dancehalls.
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.