belong
be·long/bɪˈlɒŋ/verb, preposition
belong is spelled B-E-L-O-N-G, 2 syllables: be·long. The wrong spelling people search most is blong: about 90 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. Belong is a verb meaning “To have its proper place”.
How many letters and syllables are in belong?
| Letters | 6: B-E-L-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: be·long |
| In writing | 24 times per million words; the 3,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, blong, about 90 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 belong?
Belong is spelled B-E-L-O-N-G. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for belong 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 belong?
Belong appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd 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 belong?
- UK /bɪˈlɒŋ/
- British /bɪˈlɔŋ/
- /bɪˈlɒŋ/
Belong has 2 syllables, split be·long in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-belong.wav, En-us-belong.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with belong?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as belong from its last stressed vowel (/ɒŋ/, British pronunciation):
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).
Forms of belong
- belongs present, singular, he/she/it
- belonging participle, present
- belonged participle, past
- blung
- b'longta
- b'longa
- belonga
- blonga
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does belong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To have its proper place.
Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.
- 2
To be accepted in a group.
You don’t belong here – get out.
- 3
To be a part of a group.
I don’t belong to the Southside Crew.
- 4
datedinformalobsoleteTo live in or be from a place.
- 5
To be the property of, or be bound to by dependency or as an attribute.
That house belongs to me.
- 6
To be the spouse or partner of.
John wanted to ask Mary out on a date, but learned that Mary belonged to another man.
- 7
(followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
Suppose x belongs to #92;mathbb#123;R#125;…
- 8
obsoleteTo be deserved by.
preposition
- 1
Of, belonging to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Belong in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | avoir sa place , trouver sa place, faire partie, s'intégrer , appartenir , appartenir à |
| German | hingehören, dazugehören , gehören |
| Portuguese | pertencer |
| Spanish | pertenecer [with en or a] , pertenecer [with a], ser de/suyo |
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 belong come from?
From Middle English belongen, bilongen, from Middle English be- + longen (“to be fitting, be suitable”), from Old English langian (“to pertain to, suit”), equivalent to be- + long (“to belong”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).