blog
/blɑɡ/noun, verb
blog is spelled B-L-O-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blog means “A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blog is blogs.
How many letters and syllables are in blog?
| Letters | 4: B-L-O-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 54 times per million words; the 1,899th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 blog?
Blog appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th 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 blog?
- UK /blɒɡ/
- /blɔɡ/
- US /blɑɡ/
Blog 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: En-us-blog.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with blog
Sounds like: blawg (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: blag.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with blog?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blog from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: glob.
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 blog
- blogs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blogging participle, present
- blogged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
- 2
An individual post to a blog.
This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.
- 3
datedslangAlternative letter-case form of Blog.
verb
- 1
To contribute to a blog.
- 2
UKslangTo blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.
- 3
obsoleteTo look sullen or sulky
noun
- 1
datedslangA cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.
Drink Blog!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blog, blogue , bloguer |
| German | Blog, Internetblog, Netztagebuch , bloggen |
| Portuguese | blog, blogue , blogar |
| Spanish | bitácora, blog, ciberbitácora , bloguear |
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.