spriggan
/ˈspɹɪɡən/noun
spriggan is spelled S-P-R-I-G-G-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spriggan means “In Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spriggan is spriggans.
How many letters and syllables are in spriggan?
| Letters | 8: S-P-R-I-G-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th 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; 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 spriggan?
Spriggan appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 spriggan?
- /ˈspɹɪɡən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with spriggan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spriggan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grasping.
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 spriggan
- spriggans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spriggan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spriggan come from?
Borrowed from Cornish spyrysyon (“spirits; fairies”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).