erg
/ɝɡ/noun, verb
erg is spelled E-R-G: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, erg means “A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of erg is ergs or areg.
How many letters and syllables are in erg?
| Letters | 3: E-R-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th 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; 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 erg?
Erg appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 erg?
- UK /ɜːɡ/
- US /ɝɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-erg.wav, En-us-ERG.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with erg?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as erg from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹɡ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reg, ger.
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 erg
- ergs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- areg plural
- erging participle, present
- erged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does erg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
- 2
A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
- 3
slangAn ergometer.
verb
- 1
slangTo use an ergometer.
I erg every morning.
noun
- 1
Initialism of electron-releasing group.
- 2
Initialism of employee resource group.
- 3
Initialism of electroretinogram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Erg in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of work or energy:
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 erg come from?
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).