# dredge

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɛd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #27,438

## Definitions
1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
2. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
3. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
4. The act of dredging.
5. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

## Etymology
From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.

## Easily confused with
- **dregs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dredge-vs-dregs)
- **drudge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dredge-vs-drudge)
- **dredged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dredge-vs-dredged)
- **dodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodge-vs-dredge)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddredge`, `derdge`, `drdege`, `dreddge`, `dredeg`, `dredgge`, `dregde`, `drredge`, `rdedge`

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