# midget

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/ · frequency rank #20,427

## Definitions
1. A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.
2. Alternative form of midge (“small fly”)
3. A short person.
4. Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one.

## Etymology
From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)).

## Easily confused with
- **might** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-might)
- **midst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-midst)
- **millet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-millet)
- **mindset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-mindset)
- **Midwest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-midwest)
- **madge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madge-vs-midget)
- **midge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midge-vs-midget)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imdget`, `mdiget`, `middget`, `midegt`, `midgett`, `midgget`, `midgte`, `migdet`, `mmidget`

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