dingle
/ˈdɪŋɡl̩/noun, adjective
dingle is spelled D-I-N-G-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dingle means “A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dingle is dingles.
How many letters and syllables are in dingle?
| Letters | 6: D-I-N-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dingle?
Dingle appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dingle?
- /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/
Dingle has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dingle.ogg, En-au-dingle.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dingle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dingle.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gilden, elding.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dingle
- dingles plural
- more dingle comparative
- most dingle superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dingle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
adjective
- 1
slangHaving good weather.
noun
- 1
Someone from Barnsley
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dingle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Waldschlucht |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dingle come from?
From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”). Related to dungeon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).