jog
/d͡ʒɑɡ/noun, verb
jog is spelled J-O-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jog means “An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jog is jogs.
How many letters and syllables are in jog?
| Letters | 3: J-O-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 jog?
Jog appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 jog?
- UK /d͡ʒɒɡ/
- US /d͡ʒɑɡ/
Jog 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-jog.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jog?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jog from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡ/):
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 jog
- jogs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jogging participle, present
- jogged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
- 2
A sudden push or nudge.
- 3
A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
- 4
In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
verb
- 1
To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
jog one's elbow
- 2
To shake, stir or rouse.
I tried desperately to jog my memory.
- 3
To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
- 4
To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
I saw her jogging in the forest yesterday.
- 5
To cause to move at an energetic trot.
to jog a horse
- 6
To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
noun
- 1
offensiveAcronym of Jewish occupation government
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Joggen , joggen |
| Portuguese | jogging , fazer jogging, trotar |
| Spanish | trote cochinero , hacer jogging, trotar, yoguear |
| French | faire du jogging, trottiner , remuer |
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 jog come from?
Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”). Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).