Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steg

/stɛɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: steg
IPA: /stɛɡ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To conceal (data) by means of steganography.

Informal; Transitive verb

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values."
"Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web."
"It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites."
"Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc."
"[…]the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)"

Etymology

Clipping of steganography.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: steg, steggr, *staggijaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

stegs (present, singular) stegging (participle, present) stegged (participle, past) stegged (past) stegs (plural) stag (alternative)

Rhymes With

leg egg greg craig beg rotten egg reg meg peg gregg keg deg

Questions

How do you pronounce steg?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɛɡ/.
What does steg mean?: To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
Where does steg come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce steg

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “steg”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/stɛɡ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “steg”.
Repeat and practice — Say “steg” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.