midget

[mɪd.ʒɪt]

/[mɪd.ʒɪt]/ noun

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The verdict

“midget” is uncommon French (frequency #60,965 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,965
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-midget · midget · French

midget · rank #60,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,965
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH microprocesse…

Nearest frequency peer: microprocesseur (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « midget »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « midget » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for midget
PropertyValue
Headwordmidget
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɪd.ʒɪt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,965
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « midget » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.midgettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « microprocesseur » (#60,964), « miko » (#60,966), « microgrammes » (#60,963). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « midget » est au #60,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

midget is uncommon French at frequency #60,965 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɪd.ʒɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nain.".

midget has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is midget, spelled M-I-D-G-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nain.

Synonyms

dwarf

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "midget"?
"midget" is spelled M-I-D-G-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪd.ʒɪt].
What does "midget" mean?
As a noun, "midget" means: Nain.
How do you pronounce "midget"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "midget" is [mɪd.ʒɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "midget" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "midget", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mélina#60,981mélèze#60,982martre#60,946oublia#61,002

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list