clung
/klʌŋ/verb
clung is spelled C-L-U-N-G: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, clung means “simple past and past participle of cling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clung?
| Letters | 5: C-L-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clung?
Clung appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 clung?
- US /klʌŋ/
- Australia /klɐŋ/
- /klʊŋ/
Clung has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-clung.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clung?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clung from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋ/):
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 clung
- more clung comparative
- most clung superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of cling
adjective
- 1
obsoleteShrunken; wasted away.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).