fidgety
/ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/
"fidgety" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fidgety” is uncommon English (frequency #66,659 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,659
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fidgety · fidgety · English
fidgety · rank #66,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,659
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH ferromagnetic
Nearest frequency peer: ferromagnetic (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “fidgety”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fava
fava
33,345 corpus weight
- feminized
feminized
33,344 corpus weight
- ferromagnet…
ferromagnetic
33,343 corpus weight
- fidgety
fidgety
33,342 corpus weight
- fiefdom
fiefdom
33,341 corpus weight
- fightback
fightback
33,340 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fidgety” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fidgety |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fidgety” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fidgety is uncommon English at frequency #66,659 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fidgety in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fidget + -y. The correct English form is fidgety, spelled F-I-D-G-E-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fidgety appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […]
A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.
Etymology
From fidget + -y.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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