ugh
French, interjection\yɡ\
ugh is spelled U-G-H (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ugh is a French interjection meaning “how” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot utilisé pour indiquer la sagesse prêtée aux Indiens d’Amérique du Nord, souvent en levant une main, la…”.
What does ugh mean in English?
interjection
- 1
how
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Mot utilisé pour indiquer la sagesse prêtée aux Indiens d’Amérique du Nord, souvent en levant une main, la paume ouverte vers l'avant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ugh
- hugh
- howgh
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ugh?
- \yɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ugh in French?
ugh appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).