although
/ɔlˈðoʊ/conjunction
although is spelled A-L-T-H-O-U-G-H. The wrong spelling people search most is allthough: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 37 of all searches for the word. Although is a conjunction meaning “Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession”.
How many letters and syllables are in although?
| Letters | 8: A-L-T-H-O-U-G-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 200 times per million words; the 505th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, allthough, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell although?
Although is spelled A-L-T-H-O-U-G-H. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for although in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is although?
Although appears 200 times per million words in written English, the 505th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce although?
- UK /ɔːlˈðəʊ/
- US /ɔlˈðoʊ/
- US /ɑlˈðoʊ/
Although has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-although.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with although
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with although?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as although from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does although mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
conjunction
- 1
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
- 2
But, except.
It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Although in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bien que, combien que, encore que, nonobstant que, quoique, tandis que |
| German | obwohl , trotzdem |
| Portuguese | embora, conquanto, apesar de |
| Spanish | aunque, maguer, si bien, bien que, si que, aun cuando |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does although come from?
From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).