goog·le/ˈɡuː.ɡəl/verb, noun
google is spelled G-O-O-G-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (goog·le). It appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, google means “To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in google?
| Letters | 6: G-O-O-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: goog·le |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th 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; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is google?
Google appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th 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 google?
- /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/
Google has 2 syllables, split goog·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-googol.ogg, En-uk-Google.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with google
Sounds like: googol (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of google
- googles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- googling participle, present
- googled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does google mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
- 2
Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
- 3
Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
- 4
informalTo search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
- 5
informalTo search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
- 6
informalTo be locatable in a search of the Internet.
His name googles.
noun
- 1
informalAn Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
- 2
datedinformalA match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
The word oceanfront has 64,300,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of google.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Google in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | googliser , recherche , googler, gougler, google-iser, googoliser |
| Portuguese | pesquisa, googlada , pesquisar no Google, googlar, guglar, googlear |
| Spanish | googleada , googlear, guglear |
| German | googeln, googlen |
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 google come from?
Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).