slogan
slo·gan/ˈsloʊɡən/noun
slogan is spelled S-L-O-G-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (slo·gan). It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slogan means “A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slogan is slogans.
How many letters and syllables are in slogan?
| Letters | 6: S-L-O-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: slo·gan |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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; 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 slogan?
Slogan 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 slogan?
- UK /ˈsləʊɡ(ə)n/
- US /ˈsloʊɡən/
Slogan has 2 syllables, split slo·gan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-slogan.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slogan?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slogan from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɡən/):
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 slogan
- slogans plural
- sloggorne
- slughorn
- slughorne
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slogan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto.
- 2
A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.
- 3
obsoleteA battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slogan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | slogan |
| German | Devise, Leitspruch, Losung, Motto, Parole, Schlachtruf |
| Portuguese | slogan, lema |
| Spanish | eslogan, consigna, lema, slogan |
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 slogan come from?
From earlier sloggorne, slughorne, slughorn (“battle cry”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (“battle cry”), from Old Irish slóg (“army; (by extension) assembly, crowd”) + gairm (“a call, cry”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).