# piggyback

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #39,959

## Definitions
1. On somebody's back or shoulders.
2. Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
3. Attached or appended to something larger or more important.

## Etymology
A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ipggyback`, `pgigyback`, `piggbyack`, `piggyabck`, `piggybacck`, `piggybackk`, `piggybakc`, `piggybback`, `piggybcak`, `piggyyback`, `pigyback`, `pigygback`, `ppiggyback`

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