# fidget

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ · frequency rank #47,626

## Definitions
1. To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
2. To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

## Etymology
From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.

## Easily confused with
- **fight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-fight)
- **fudge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-fudge)
- **filet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-filet)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-forget)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-finger)
- **fridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-fridge)
- **fillet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidget-vs-fillet)
- **FIDE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fide-vs-fidget)
- **Fidel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fidel-vs-fidget)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fdiget`, `ffidget`, `fiddget`, `fidegt`, `fidgett`, `fidgget`, `fidgte`, `figdet`, `ifdget`

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