shug
/ʃʊɡ/noun
shug is spelled S-H-U-G: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shug means “A term of endearment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shug is shugs.
How many letters and syllables are in shug?
| Letters | 4: S-H-U-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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; 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 shug?
Shug appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 shug?
- /ʃʊɡ/
As a verb (“To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's…”): /ʃʌɡ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shug.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shug2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shug?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shug.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gush.
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 shug
- shugs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- shugging participle, present
- shugged participle, past
- sug
- shoog
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shug mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, shug.
verb
- 1
UKobsoleteTo writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
- 2
UKobsoleteTo crawl; to sneak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shug come from?
Shortening of sugar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).