bangs
/bæŋ(ɡ)z/noun, verb
bangs is spelled B-A-N-G-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bangs means “Hair hanging over the forehead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bangs?
| Letters | 5: B-A-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bangs?
Bangs appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 bangs?
- UK /bæŋ(ɡ)z/
Bangs has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bangs.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bangs
- bang singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bangs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of bang
- 2
USHair hanging over the forehead.
Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
- 3
USA hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
- 4
Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of bang
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bangs in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hair that hangs down over the forehead:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frange |
| German | Pony |
| Portuguese | franja |
| Spanish | flequillo, capul, cerquillo, chasquilla, china, fleco |
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 bangs come from?
From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).