jogging
jog·ging/ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡɪŋ/noun, verb
jogging is spelled J-O-G-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (jog·ging). It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jogging means “The action of the verb to jog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jogging is joggings.
How many letters and syllables are in jogging?
| Letters | 7: J-O-G-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jog·ging |
| 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 jogging?
Jogging 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 jogging?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɒɡ.ɪŋ/
- US /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡɪŋ/
- Australia /ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.ɪŋ/
Jogging has 2 syllables, split jog·ging in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jogging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jogging?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jogging from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɪŋ/):
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 jogging
- joggings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jogging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to jog.
His jogging of my memory helped me recall what happened that day.
- 2
The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of jog
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jogging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of exercise:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jogging, footing |
| German | Jogging |
| Portuguese | jogging |
| Spanish | footing, jogging, aerobismo, pedestrismo, trote |
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 jogging come from?
From jog + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).