# binge

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #12,920

## Definitions
1. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
2. A compressed period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.

## Etymology
From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to drink deeply", also "to soak, steep, drench", specifically "to swell a leaky wooden vessel by filling it with or plunging it into water”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal English beene and beam (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”).

## Easily confused with
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bone)
- **bite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bite)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bong)
- **bins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bins)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bung)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bring)
- **bingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bingo)
- **bulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bulge)
- **budge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-budge)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bling)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-brine)
- **bongo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bongo)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-boing)
- **biome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-biome)
- **bonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bonne)
- **blige** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-blige)
- **bridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bridge)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-brings)
- **bungee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bungee)
- **Bingley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bingley)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbinge`, `bigne`, `bineg`, `bingge`, `binnge`, `bnige`, `ibnge`

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