rejigger

verb

"rejigger" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rejigger” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-rejigger · rejigger · English

rejigger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for rejigger
PropertyValue
Headwordrejigger
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “rejigger” in English

rejiggersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rejigger is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To rejig.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rejigger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + jigger. The correct English form is rejigger, spelled R-E-J-I-G-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    To rejig.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rejigger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. But if the spirit of the law was a blow to black rifles, the letter of it allowed them to live on and thrive... All they had to do was rejigger their designs to reduce the number of offending features.

Etymology

From re- + jigger.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rejigger"?
"rejigger" is spelled R-E-J-I-G-G-E-R.
What does "rejigger" mean?
As a verb, "rejigger" means: To rejig.
What is the origin of the word "rejigger"?
From re- + jigger. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list