ogle
/ˈoʊɡl̩/verb, noun
ogle is spelled O-G-L-E: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ogle means “To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ogle?
| Letters | 4: O-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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 ogle?
Ogle appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 ogle?
- UK /ˈəʊɡl̩/
- UK /ˈɒɡl̩/
- US /ˈoʊɡl̩/
Ogle has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ogle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ogle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ogle (/oʊɡl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lego, goel, loge.
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 ogle
- ogles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ogling participle, present
- ogled participle, past
- oggle
- augle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ogle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
Near-synonyms: eye up, eyeball
noun
- 1
An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- 2
An eye.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ogle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to stare flirtatiously:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mater, reluquer |
| German | äugeln, liebäugeln |
| Spanish | lujuriar, jamear con los ojos, vacilar |
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 ogle come from?
17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).