# along vs among

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### along
*preposition · IPA /əˈlɒŋ/ · frequency rank #410*
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.

### among
*preposition · IPA /əˈmʌŋ/ · frequency rank #486*
Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-among