# budge

> English word · Verb · IPA /bʌd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #21,462

## Definitions
1. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
2. To move; to shift from a fixed position.
3. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
4. To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
5. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.

## Easily confused with
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bug)
- **bugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bugs)
- **buds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-buds)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-burg)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bute)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bung)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-burke)
- **buggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-buggy)
- **bulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bulge)
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-butte)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bugle)
- **burgh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-burgh)
- **budget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-budget)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-burger)
- **bundle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bundle)
- **bugged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bugged)
- **bugger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bugger)
- **bungee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bungee)
- **bulger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bulger)
- **budgets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-budgets)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbudge`, `bduge`, `buddge`, `budeg`, `budgge`, `bugde`, `ubdge`

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