# belong

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɪˈlɒŋ/ · frequency rank #3,740

## Definitions
1. To have its proper place.
2. To have its proper place.
3. To have its proper place.
4. To be part of, or the property of.
5. To be the spouse or partner of.
6. (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
7. To be deserved by.
8. To do something habitually or customarily.

## Etymology
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”). Compare Saterland Frisian beloangje (“to attain, reach, meet”), Dutch belangen (“to concern”), German belangen (“to sue, concern”).

## Easily confused with
- **blog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-blog)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-bong)
- **below** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-below)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-blond)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-bling)
- **beyond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-beyond)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-bering)
- **belongs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-belongs)
- **belting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-belting)
- **belonged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belong-vs-belonged)
- **Belo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belo-vs-belong)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/being-vs-belong)
- **Beloit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beloit-vs-belong)
- **Belmont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belmont-vs-belong)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbelong`, `bellong`, `belnog`, `belogn`, `belongg`, `belonng`, `beolng`, `bleong`, `eblong`

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