# stig

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɪɡ/ · frequency rank #40,036

## Definitions
1. Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

## Etymology
From the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, →ISBN.

## Easily confused with
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-str)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-sts)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stu)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-sui)
- **STM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stm)
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stp)
- **SVG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-svg)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stop)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-suit)
- **swim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-swim)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stir)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-sung)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stud)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stun)
- **swag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-swag)
- **stub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stub)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stow)
- **swig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-swig)
- **Styx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-styx)
- **still** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-still)

## Common misspellings (6)
`sitg`, `sstig`, `stgi`, `stigg`, `sttig`, `tsig`

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