# dingle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/ · frequency rank #44,164

## Definitions
1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **dingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dingy)
- **dingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dingo)
- **dings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dings)
- **dipole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dipole)
- **dongle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dongle)
- **dwindle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingle-vs-dwindle)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ding-vs-dingle)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dingle)
- **dengue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dengue-vs-dingle)
- **dangle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dangle-vs-dingle)
- **dinghy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinghy-vs-dingle)
- **dimple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimple-vs-dingle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddingle`, `dignle`, `dingel`, `dinggle`, `dinglle`, `dinlge`, `dinngle`, `dnigle`, `idngle`

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