FIDDLED

Definition: FIDDLED

FIDDLED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Fiddle

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "FIDDLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	She ain't like your Emperor Negro who fiddled while Rome burned. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"FIDDLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 77.68% of the time. "FIDDLED" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	77.68%	87	35,390
Lexical Verb (past participle)	17.86%	20	78,262
Adjective (general or positive)	4.46%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	112	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "FIDDLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		鬼混 (fiddling). (various references)

German		fiedelte. (various references)

Pig Latin		iddledfay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"FIDDLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diddledy, diddleydo, Faddle, Fdped, feddel, feddle, fidale, fidded, fidle, fodded. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FIDDLED" (pronounced fi"duld)
5	-i" d u l d	riddled, widdled.
4	-d u l d	addled, backpedaled, befuddled, bridled, bundled, coddled, cuddled, dwindled, fondled, handled, huddled, idled, kindled, ladled, manhandled, mishandled, modeled, muddled, needled, paddled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, rekindled, remodeled, saddled, straddled, swindled, trundled, unbridled.
3	-u l d	ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fizzled, flanneled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, humbled, hustled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, leveled, levelled, libeled, mangled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mislabeled, mottled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paneled, parceled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, tumbled, tussled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-d-e-f-i-l"
	-1 letter: diddle, fiddle, lidded.
	-2 letters: felid, field, filed, flied, idled.
	-3 letters: defi, deil, delf, deli, died, diel, file, fled, idle, lied, lief, life.
	-4 letters: del, did, die, eld, elf, fed, fid, fie, fil, led, lei, lid, lie.
	-5 letters: de, ed, ef, el, id, if, li.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-d-e-f-i-l"
	+2 letters: defiladed.
	+3 letters: deadlifted, fiddlehead.
	+4 letters: blindfolded, fiddleheads.
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