neg
/nɛɡ/noun, adjective, verb
neg is spelled N-E-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, neg means “Clipping of negative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neg is negs.
How many letters and syllables are in neg?
| Letters | 3: N-E-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 neg?
Neg appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 neg?
- /nɛɡ/
Neg 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-au-neg.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neg?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as neg.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gen, eng.
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 neg
- negs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- negging participle, present
- negged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of negative.
- 2
Clipping of negative.
- 3
An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
- 4
A penalty for giving an incorrect answer before a toss-up question has been fully read.
adjective
- 1
HIV negative.
verb
- 1
UKslangTo annoy or irritate deliberately.
- 2
To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
- 3
To leave negative feedback about (someone) in a reputation tracking system.
I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neg in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | retroalimentar negativamente |
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 neg come from?
Clipping of negative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).