# Tigger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɪɡə/ · frequency rank #47,384

## Definitions
1. An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.

## Etymology
An alteration of tiger, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of the tiger friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, who is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner (1928) and described as “a Very Bouncy Animal”.

## Easily confused with
- **timer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-timer)
- **tinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tinge)
- **timber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-timber)
- **tinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tinder)
- **tinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tinker)
- **tinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tinged)
- **tiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tiller)
- **tugged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tugged)
- **tipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tipper)
- **trigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-trigger)
- **tighter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tigger-vs-tighter)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tier-vs-tigger)
- **tiger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiger-vs-tigger)
- **Tiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiber-vs-tigger)
- **tagged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagged-vs-tigger)
- **ticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticker-vs-tigger)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itgger`, `tgiger`, `tigegr`, `tiggerr`, `tiggre`, `ttigger`

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