KGB
/keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/noun
KGB is spelled K-G-B: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, KGB means “Initialism of known good board” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of KGB is KGBs.
How many letters and syllables are in KGB?
| Letters | 3: K-G-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (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 |
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 KGB?
KGB 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 KGB?
- /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/
KGB has 3 syllables (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: KGB_US.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of KGB
- KGBs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does KGB mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of known good board.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).