widget
/ˈwɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/noun
widget is spelled W-I-D-G-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, widget means “A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of widget is widgets.
How many letters and syllables are in widget?
| Letters | 6: W-I-D-G-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 widget?
Widget appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 widget?
- US /ˈwɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
Widget has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-widget.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with widget?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as widget from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdʒɪt/):
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 widget
- widgets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does widget mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
- 2
A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- 3
A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- 4
informalSynonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- 5
Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
- 6
A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
This weather widget shows the current temperature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Widget in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | babiole, camelote , spatule , widget |
| German | Schaber , Steuerelement, Widget |
| Spanish | espátula , widget |
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 widget come from?
Coined by American playwright George S. Kaufman in 1924 in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924). The preface to the 1924 play credits an earlier German work from 1911 where there is an actor Elisabeth Wigge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).