cougar
cou·gar/ˈkuɡɚ/noun
cougar is spelled C-O-U-G-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (cou·gar). It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cougar means “A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cougar is cougars.
How many letters and syllables are in cougar?
| Letters | 6: C-O-U-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cou·gar |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th 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; 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 cougar?
Cougar appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 cougar?
- UK /ˈkuːɡə/
- US /ˈkuɡɚ/
- US [ˈkʰuɡɚ]
Cougar has 2 syllables, split cou·gar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-cougar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cougar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cougar from its last stressed vowel (/uɡəɹ/):
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 cougar
- cougars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cougar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
- 2
CanadaUSderogatoryslangAn older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.
noun
- 1
slangA student or alumnus of the Washington State University.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cougar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cougar, lion des montagnes, puma |
| German | Puma, Berglöwe, Silberlöwe |
| Portuguese | onça-parda, puma, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha , loba |
| Spanish | puma, león de montaña, león bayo, onza bermeja, león americano, león montañero |
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 cougar come from?
From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).