wigger
/ˈwɪɡɚ/noun
wigger is spelled W-I-G-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wigger means “A maker of wigs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wigger is wiggers.
How many letters and syllables are in wigger?
| Letters | 6: W-I-G-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 wigger?
Wigger appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 wigger?
- US /ˈwɪɡɚ/
- UK /ˈwɪɡə/
Wigger has 2 syllables (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-wigger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wigger?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wigger from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɡəɹ/):
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 wigger
- wiggers plural
- wigga
- whigger
- whigga
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wigger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A maker of wigs.
- 2
derogatoryA white person, typically young and male, considered to be overly infatuated with African-American or (UK) Afro-Caribbean culture, a cultural appropriator.
- 3
A nonblack person of any race considered to be inauthentically appropriating black culture and behavior.
- 4
datedA white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wigger come from?
From wig + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).