dinge
/dɪnd͡ʒ/noun, verb
dinge is spelled D-I-N-G-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dinge means “Dinginess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dinge is dinges.
How many letters and syllables are in dinge?
| Letters | 5: D-I-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 dinge?
Dinge appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 dinge?
- /dɪnd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dinge?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dinge.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deign, digne.
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 dinge
- dinges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dingeing participle, present
- dinged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dinge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Dinginess.
- 2
USdatedslangA black person.
verb
- 1
to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
- 2
to flog, as in penance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dinge come from?
From dingy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).