widget

\wi.dʒɛt\

/\wi.dʒɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“widget” is uncommon French (frequency #73,650 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,650
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément de base d’une interface graphique comme un bouton par exemple.

Corpus desk

Index FR-widget · widget · French

widget · rank #73,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,650
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH whose

Nearest frequency peer: whose (-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 « widget »

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 « widget » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for widget
PropertyValue
Headwordwidget
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wi.dʒɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,650
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « widget » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « whose » (#73,649), « vérin » (#73,648), « Vuillemin » (#73,647). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « widget » est au #73,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

widget is uncommon French at frequency #73,650 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wi.dʒɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for widget, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is widget, spelled W-I-D-G-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément de base d’une interface graphique comme un bouton par exemple.
  2. 2
    Simple petit programme situé sur le bureau et permettant d’accomplir une tâche particulière (indiquer la météo, recherche un mot-clé sur le web).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "widget"?
"widget" is spelled W-I-D-G-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \wi.dʒɛt\.
What does "widget" mean?
As a noun, "widget" means: Élément de base d’une interface graphique comme un bouton par exemple.
How do you pronounce "widget"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "widget" is \wi.dʒɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "widget" come from?
"widget" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list