rigg
/ɹɪɡ/noun
rigg is spelled R-I-G-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rigg means “A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rigg is riggs.
How many letters and syllables are in rigg?
| Letters | 4: R-I-G-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rigg?
Rigg appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 rigg?
- /ɹɪɡ/
Rigg has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with rigg?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rigg.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grig.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rigg
- riggs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rigg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rigg come from?
From Middle English ryg, ryge (“storm”), from or related to Old Norse hregg (“storm and rain”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).