pigpen
/pɪɡ.pɛn/noun
pigpen is spelled P-I-G-P-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pigpen means “Synonym of pigsty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pigpen is pigpens.
How many letters and syllables are in pigpen?
| Letters | 6: P-I-G-P-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pigpen?
Pigpen appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pigpen?
- /pɪɡ.pɛn/
- [ˈpʰɪɡˌpʰɛn]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pigpen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pigpen
- pigpens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pigpen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of pigsty.
The lower pasture also contains a pigpen.
- 2
The pigpen cipher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pigpen come from?
Compound of pig + pen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).