smidget
/ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪt/
"smidget" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smidget” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of smidgen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smidget · smidget · English
smidget · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | smidget |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smidget” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smidget is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of smidgen.".
smidget doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is smidget, spelled S-M-I-D-G-E-T.
Definition
- 1Synonym of smidgen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how smidget appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I haven’t a smidget of an idea why that happened.
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.