# along

> English word · Preposition · IPA /əˈlɒŋ/ · frequency rank #410

## Definitions
1. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
2. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic *anda-
Proto-West Germanic *anda-
Old English and-
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos
Proto-Germanic *langaz
Proto-West Germanic *lang
Old English lang
Old English andlang
Middle English
English along
From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.

## Easily confused with
- **Ang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-ang)
- **alot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-alot)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-avon)
- **anon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-anon)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-aron)
- **Aung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-aung)
- **axon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-axon)
- **Alun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-alun)
- **among** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-among)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-aloud)
- **Alton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-alton)
- **aloof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-aloof)
- **atone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-atone)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alan-vs-along)
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloe-vs-along)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alon-vs-along)
- **aeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aeon-vs-along)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alone-vs-along)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-along)
- **agony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agony-vs-along)

## Common misspellings (7)
`allong`, `alnog`, `alogn`, `alongg`, `alonng`, `aolng`, `laong`

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