tig
/tɪɡ/verb, noun
tig is spelled T-I-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tig means “To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tig?
| Letters | 3: T-I-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd 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 tig?
Tig appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 tig?
- /tɪɡ/
Tig 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tig.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tig?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tig.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: git.
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 tig
- tigs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- tigging participle, present
- tigged participle, past
- tyg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tig mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.
noun
- 1
A light touch; a tap or pat.
- 2
IrelandScotlandThe children's game of tag.
- 3
A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
adjective
- 1
Acronym of tungsten inert gas; pertaining to TIG welding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tig come from?
Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).