# urge

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #6,015

## Definitions
1. A strong desire to do something.

## Etymology
From Latin urgeō (“urge”).

## Easily confused with
- **use** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-use)
- **URL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-url)
- **Uri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-uri)
- **urn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urn)
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-ute)
- **urs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urs)
- **USGS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-usgs)
- **uric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-uric)
- **usage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-usage)
- **urged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urged)
- **urine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urine)
- **Uribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-uribe)
- **Uriel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-uriel)
- **urgent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urgent)
- **ur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ur-vs-urge)
- **ug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ug-vs-urge)
- **ugh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ugh-vs-urge)
- **UAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uae-vs-urge)
- **UGA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uga-vs-urge)
- **ure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ure-vs-urge)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ruge`, `ugre`, `ureg`, `urgge`, `urrge`

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