trig
/tɹɪɡ/adjective, noun, verb
trig is spelled T-R-I-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, trig means “True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trig?
| Letters | 4: T-R-I-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 trig?
Trig appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 trig?
- US /tɹɪɡ/
- US [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
Trig 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-trig.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trig?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trig from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɡ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grit, girt.
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 trig
- trigger comparative
- triggest superlative
- trigs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- trigging participle, present
- trigged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trig mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
- 2
Safe; secure.
- 3
Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
- 4
Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
- 5
Active; clever.
noun
- 1
A dandy; coxcomb.
- 2
informalTrigonometry.
- 3
informalA trig point.
- 4
UKA stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- 5
The mark for players at skittles, etc.
- 6
informalTriglyceride.
- 7
A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
verb
- 1
To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
- 2
To fill; to stuff; to cram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trig in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense trig – see also trigonometry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trigo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trig come from?
From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).