snug
/snʌɡ/adjective, noun, verb
snug is spelled S-N-U-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, snug means “Warm and comfortable; cosy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snug?
| Letters | 4: S-N-U-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 snug?
Snug appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 snug?
- US /snʌɡ/
- Australia /snɐɡ/
- /snʊɡ/
Snug 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-snug.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snug?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snug from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɡ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: guns.
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 snug
- snugger comparative
- snuggest superlative
- snugs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snugging participle, present
- snugged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snug mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Warm and comfortable; cosy.
I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
- 2
Satisfactory.
- 3
Close-fitting.
- 4
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
noun
- 1
UKA small, comfortable back room in a pub.
- 2
A lug.
verb
- 1
To make secure or snug.
- 2
To snuggle or nestle.
- 3
To make smooth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snug in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | confortable, douillet |
| German | wohlig , enganliegend, passgenau , Hinterraum, gemütlicher Hinterraum, gemütliche Ecke |
| Portuguese | confortável |
| Spanish | cómodo, confortable , ajustado, ceñido, requintado |
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 snug come from?
From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”). Compare also English snudge (“to nestle, remain snug and quiet”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).