meshugge
/məˈʃʊ.ɡə/
"meshugge" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“meshugge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - crazy, mad, senseless, insane
Corpus desk
Index EN-meshugge · meshugge · English
meshugge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meshugge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /məˈʃʊ.ɡə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “meshugge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
meshugge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /məˈʃʊ.ɡə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "crazy, mad, senseless, insane".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for meshugge, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”), from Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע (m'shugá, “crazy”), a form of שׁוּגַּע (shugá, “be driven mad”) and שִׁיגַּע (shigá, “drive mad”). First came into use in English around 1880. The correct English form is meshugge, spelled M-E-S-H-U-G-G-E.
Definition
- 1crazy, mad, senseless, insane
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meshugge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That meshugge boy changed lanes on the highway without even looking!
Etymology
From Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”), from Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע (m'shugá, “crazy”), a form of שׁוּגַּע (shugá, “be driven mad”) and שִׁיגַּע (shigá, “drive mad”). First came into use in English around 1880.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.