cag
noun, verb
cag is spelled C-A-G: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cag means “A keg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cag is cags.
How many letters and syllables are in cag?
| Letters | 3: C-A-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th 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; 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 cag?
Cag appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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).
What rhymes with cag?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cag.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gac.
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 cag
- cags plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- kag
- kyag
- cagging participle, present
- cagged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cag mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA keg.
- 2
A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
- 3
The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
- 4
An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
- 5
UKinformalClipping of cagoule.
verb
- 1
slangTo vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
- 2
slangTo chatter, gossip.
noun
- 1
Initialism of commander of the air group.
- 2
Initialism of compound annual growth.
- 3
Initialism of Comptroller and Auditor General.
- 4
Initialism of coronary artery graft.
- 5
The nucleobase coding triplet cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G).
- 6
Initialism of context-augmented generation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cag come from?
From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).