g
/d͡ʒiː/letter, number, noun
g is spelled G: one letter and one syllable. It appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a letter, g means “The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in g?
| Letters | 1: G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 100 times per million words; the 1,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is g?
G appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th 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 g?
- /d͡ʒiː/
- /ɡ/
- /d͡ʒ/
G 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-g.ogg, En-uk-g.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with g
Sounds like: gee (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: grand.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of g
- gs plural
- g's plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does g mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
letter
- 1
The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
number
- 1
The seventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
A unit of gravitational acceleration.
pull Gs
- 2
Abbreviation of gram.
- 3
Abbreviation of general intelligence.
- 4
USAbbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).
- 5
slangAbbreviation of good.
All g, it happens.
- 6
Abbreviation of gangster.
- 7
Abbreviation of grin; often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning.
letter
- 1
The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
number
- 1
The seventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
- 2
USGreen.
- 3
AustraliaUSGeneral (suitable for a general audience).
- 4
Abbreviation of goals, a sports statistic.
- 5
Ground floor (of a building).
- 6
A galaxy.
- 7
Gravity.
- 8
USAbbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).
symbol
- 1
datedAn orthographic ⟨g⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /d͡ʒ/, as in the word "giant".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).