yoga
yo·ga/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/noun
yoga is spelled Y-O-G-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (yo·ga). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yoga means “Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yoga is yogas.
How many letters and syllables are in yoga?
| Letters | 4: Y-O-G-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: yo·ga |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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 yoga?
Yoga appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 yoga?
- US /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
Yoga has 2 syllables, split yo·ga in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yoga.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yoga?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yoga from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɡə/):
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 yoga
- yogas plural
- joga
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yoga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
- 2
The tree Elaeocarpus joga.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of yoga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yoga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Hindu discipline:
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 yoga come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”) (whence also yoke).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).