steg
/stɛɡ/verb
steg is a verb meaning “To conceal (data) by means of steganography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-E-G, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does steg mean?
verb
- 1
informalTo conceal (data) by means of steganography.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA gander.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce steg?
- /stɛɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-steg.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of steg
- stegs present, singular, he/she/it
- stegging participle, present
- stegged participle, past
- stag
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is steg?
Steg appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Where does steg come from?
Clipping of steganography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).