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wedgie

UK /ˈwɛdʒ.i/noun, verb

wedgie is spelled W-E-D-G-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wedgie means “A wedge-heeled shoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wedgie is wedgies.

How many letters and syllables are in wedgie?

Letters6: W-E-D-G-I-E
Syllables2 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is wedgie?

Wedgie appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce wedgie?

  • UK /ˈwɛdʒ.i/

Wedgie has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-wedgie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with wedgie?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wedgie from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdʒi/, British pronunciation):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of wedgie

  • wedgies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • wedgying participle, present
  • wedgied participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does wedgie mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialA wedge-heeled shoe.

  2. 2

    slangA prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

  3. 3

    slangA situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.

  4. 4

    slangA basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.

  5. 5

    AustraliaA wedge-tailed eagle.

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo play the wedgie prank on.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Wedgie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtire-slip (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled…)
GermanHosenzieher (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled…)
Portuguesecueção, cuecão (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled…)
Spanishcalzón chino (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled…), gistro forzoso, lector de tarjetas (situation where a person's underpants are stuck…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does wedgie come from?

From wedge + -ie.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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