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How to pronounce sog

Say it like SOG. Sog is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/sɑɡ/SOG
UK British/sɒɡ/SOG
  • SOG
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Sog pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SOGSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ah" in father.

American vs British pronunciation of sog

  • The short o is rounded in British English (as in "hot"), but open and unrounded in American English.

British respelling: SOG.

What does sog mean?

noun
  1. Soft, marsh-like or bog-like land; a swamp.
verb
  1. To soak, steep or saturate.
  2. To be soaked, steeped or saturated.

Where does sog come from?

Potentially a doublet of sag, also of North Germanic origin; compare dialectal Danish sagge, Norwegian sagga, Swedish sagga, Faroese sagg (“to lag”), and dialectal Swedish sagga (“raining lightly”), Icelandic sagga (“to get damp”), and Old

Words that rhyme with sog

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Questions about saying sog

How do you pronounce sog?

Say SOG. The American pronunciation is /sɑɡ/. In British English it is /sɒɡ/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in sog?

Sog is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SOG.

Is sog pronounced differently in British English?

Yes. The short o is rounded in British English (as in "hot"), but open and unrounded in American English. The British form is /sɒɡ/ (SOG).

Pronunciation from Wiktionary; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).