smidge
/ˈsmɪd͡ʒ/
"smidge" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smidge” is uncommon English (frequency #61,820 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,820
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of smidgen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smidge · smidge · English
smidge · rank #61,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,820
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Simonson
Nearest frequency peer: Simonson (-3 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 “smidge”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- silhouetted
silhouetted
38,186 corpus weight
- Silla
Silla
38,185 corpus weight
- Simonson
Simonson
38,184 corpus weight
- smidge
smidge
38,181 corpus weight
- sooth
sooth
38,178 corpus weight
- speeded
speeded
38,176 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “smidge” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smidge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsmɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smidge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smidge is uncommon English at frequency #61,820 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsmɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of smidgen.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for smidge, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is smidge, spelled S-M-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of smidgen.
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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