# scuffle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskʌfəl/ · frequency rank #37,678

## Definitions
1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
2. Poverty; struggle.
3. A child's pinafore or bib.

## Etymology
Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

## Easily confused with
- **shuffle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scuffle-vs-shuffle)
- **scuttle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scuffle-vs-scuttle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`csuffle`, `sccuffle`, `scfufle`, `scuffel`, `scufflle`, `scufle`, `scuflfe`, `sscuffle`, `sucffle`

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