# Riga

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹiːɡə/ · frequency rank #29,816

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Latvia.

## Etymology
From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin:
* Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river.
* Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija).

## Easily confused with
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rip)
- **rim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rim)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rug)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rna)
- **RPG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rpg)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rin)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rsa)
- **Rog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rog)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-roa)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rit)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rta)
- **RMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rma)
- **Rua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rua)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-risk)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-ring)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rise)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-riot)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rosa)
- **Rita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-rita)

## Common misspellings (5)
`irga`, `rgia`, `riag`, `rigga`, `rriga`

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