pub
/pʌb/noun, verb
pub is spelled P-U-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pub means “A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pub is pubs.
How many letters and syllables are in pub?
| Letters | 3: P-U-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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 pub?
Pub appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 pub?
- US /pʌb/
- /pʊb/
Pub 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pub.wav, En-us-pub.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pub?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pub from its last stressed vowel (/ʌb/):
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 pub
- pubs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pubbing participle, present
- pubbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pub mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKA public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- 2
slangA public server.
- 3
Clipping of publication.
registered pubs
- 4
Clipping of publisher.
verb
- 1
informalTo go to one or more public houses.
- 2
informalto publish
noun
- 1
Initialism of public utility bus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pub in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense public house:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pub, bar, estaminet, taverne |
| German | Kneipe, Bar, Lokal, Pub, Schankwirtschaft, Wirtschaft |
| Portuguese | bar, taberna, cervejaria, boteco |
| Spanish | pub, bar, taberna |
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 pub come from?
Clipping of public house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).