cadge
/kæd͡ʒ/
"cadge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cadge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To tie, fasten.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadge · cadge · English
cadge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kæd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cadge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cadge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kæd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cadge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”). The correct English form is cadge, spelled C-A-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1To tie, fasten.
- 2To beg.
- 3To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day
Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
Etymology
From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.