sugar
/ˈʃʊɡɚ/noun, verb, interjection
sugar is spelled S-U-G-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sugar means “A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sugar is sugars.
How many letters and syllables are in sugar?
| Letters | 5: S-U-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th 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 sugar?
Sugar appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 sugar?
- UK /ˈʃʊɡə/
- British /ˈʃɵɡə/
- US /ˈʃʊɡɚ/
Sugar has 2 syllables (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: En-uk-sugar.ogg, En-us-sugar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sugar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sugar from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɡəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: argus.
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 sugar
- sugars plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sugaring participle, present
- sugared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sugar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
- 2
Any specific variety of sugar.
- 3
Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.
- 4
A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
- 5
A bowl or other container of sugar.
Pass the sugar, please
- 6
A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
- 7
slangAffection shown by kisses or kissing.
- 8
USslangEffeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
verb
- 1
To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
John heavily sugars his coffee.
- 2
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.
- 3
CanadaUSIn making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
- 4
To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
- 5
To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
- 6
To compliment (a person).
- 7
To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.
interjection
- 1
Minced oath of shit.
Oh, sugar!
noun
- 1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sugar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sucre , mon chéri, ma chérie, mon chou , bise, bisou |
| German | Zucker , zuckern , versüßen , Scheibenkleister, Scheibenhonig |
| Portuguese | açúcar , doce , açucarar , suavizar , mkrda, ferca |
| Spanish | azúcar, sacarosa, mishqui , cariño , azucarar , endulzar |
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.