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rug

/ˈɹʌɡ/noun, verb

rug is spelled R-U-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rug means “A partial covering for a floor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rug is rugs.

How many letters and syllables are in rug?

Letters3: R-U-G
Syllables1
In writing5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 rug?

Rug appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 rug?

  • US /ˈɹʌɡ/
  • US [ˈɹʷʌɡ]
  • /ˈɹɜɡ/

Rug has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-rug.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with rug?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rug from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɡ/):

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 rug

  • rugs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • rugging participle, present
  • rugged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does rug mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A partial covering for a floor.

  2. 2

    AustraliaUKA (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

  3. 3

    archaicA kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

  4. 4

    archaicA cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.

  5. 5

    obsoleterareA person wearing a rug.

  6. 6

    A cloth covering for a horse.

  7. 7

    obsoleterareA dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.

  8. 8

    slangThe female pubic hair.

verb

  1. 1

    To cover with a rug.

  2. 2

    ScotlandarchaicTo pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

  3. 3

    Clipping of rug pull

noun

as Rug
  1. 1

    slangshort form of Rugbeian

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Rug in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtapis (partial floor covering), couverture (thick piece of fabric used for warmth)
GermanTeppich, Brücke (partial floor covering)
Portuguesetapete, tapetinho (partial floor covering)
Spanishtapete, alfombra, alfombrilla, alcatifa, catifa, alombra (partial floor covering)

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 rug come from?

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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