ragtime
\ʁaɡ.tajm\
The verdict
“ragtime” is uncommon French (frequency #90,093 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,093
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre musical précurseur du jazz, caractérisé par la syncopation et apparu aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ragtime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁaɡ.tajm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ragtime” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ragtime is uncommon French at frequency #90,093 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁaɡ.tajm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ragtime, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ragtime, spelled R-A-G-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Genre musical précurseur du jazz, caractérisé par la syncopation et apparu aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle.
- 2Danse pratiquée sur un air de ragtime.
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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.
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Using “ragtime”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-G-T-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁaɡ.tajm\ (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.