# rig

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪɡ/ · frequency rank #8,850

## Definitions
1. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
3. A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
4. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
5. A costume or an outfit.
6. A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
7. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
8. Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
9. Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
10. A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.

## Etymology
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”), Faroese rigga (“to rig; to equip and fit; to make s.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rt)
- **RM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rm)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rn)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rr)
- **RL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rl)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-run)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-row)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rio)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rob)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rip)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-roy)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rod)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rub)
- **rim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rim)
- **ROM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-rom)

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