raddle vs ruddle

raddle

verb
  • To mark with raddle; to daub something red. 

  • To interweave or twist together. 

  • To do work in a slovenly way. 

noun
  • An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom. 

  • A red ochre. 

  • A hedge or fence made with raddles. 

  • A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence. 

ruddle

verb
  • To mark something with red ochre. 

  • To raddle or twist. 

  • To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. 

noun
  • A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. 

  • A riddle or sieve. 

How often have the words raddle and ruddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )