sugan
/ˈsuː.ɡən/noun
sugan is spelled S-U-G-A-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sugan means “A straw rope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sugan is sugans.
How many letters and syllables are in sugan?
| Letters | 5: S-U-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th 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 sugan?
Sugan appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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 sugan?
- UK /ˈsuː.ɡən/
- UK /ˈsʌɡən/
Sugan has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sugan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sugan (/uɡən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sunga, saung.
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 sugan
- sugans plural
- soogan
- sugaun
- sugawn
- suggan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sugan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA straw rope.
- 2
CanadaUSA blanket or bedroll used for camping out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sugan come from?
Borrowed from Irish súgán (“rope”), from Proto-Celtic *souggo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati). Doublet of soogan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).