# madge vs midget

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### madge
*noun · IPA /mæd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #34,174*
The barn owl.

### midget
*noun · IPA /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/ · frequency rank #20,427*
A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madge-vs-midget