# wiggle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwɪɡəl/ · frequency rank #20,816

## Definitions
1. To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.

## Etymology
From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen (“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen (“to rock”), from wiege (“cradle”). See wain, and Dutch wieg (“cradle”). Cognate to Dutch wiggelen (“to wiggle”), Low German wiggeln (“to wiggle”).

## Easily confused with
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiggle-vs-wile)
- **winkle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiggle-vs-winkle)
- **wriggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiggle-vs-wriggle)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwggle`, `wgigle`, `wiggel`, `wigglle`, `wigle`, `wiglge`, `wwiggle`

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