# tingle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɪŋɡəl/ · frequency rank #34,724

## Definitions
1. To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
2. To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
3. To ring; to tinkle or twang.
4. To cause to ring, to tinkle.

## Etymology
From Middle English tinglen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English tingen (“to tink”) + -len, equivalent to ting + -le. Alternatively, possibly a variant of Middle English tinclen (“to tinkle”) or from Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). More at tinkle. Compare also West Frisian tingelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tingelen (“to tinkle, jingle”).

## Easily confused with
- **title** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tingle-vs-title)
- **tongue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tingle-vs-tongue)
- **toggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tingle-vs-toggle)
- **twinkle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tingle-vs-twinkle)
- **triangle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tingle-vs-triangle)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tile-vs-tingle)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-tingle)
- **tine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tine-vs-tingle)
- **tinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tingle)
- **tickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tickle-vs-tingle)
- **tangle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tangle-vs-tingle)
- **tinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinged-vs-tingle)
- **tangled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tangled-vs-tingle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`itngle`, `tignle`, `tingel`, `tinggle`, `tinglle`, `tinlge`, `tinngle`, `tnigle`, `ttingle`

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