# eng

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɛŋ/ · frequency rank #11,885

## Definitions
1. Narrow.

## Etymology
Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.
No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

## Easily confused with
- **ex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ex)
- **et** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-et)
- **EU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eu)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-er)
- **EP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ep)
- **ES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-es)
- **EV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ev)
- **ew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ew)
- **ey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ey)
- **ez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-ez)
- **eo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eo)
- **eye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eye)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-era)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eve)
- **est** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-est)
- **EPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-epa)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eva)
- **EPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eps)
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-err)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eng-vs-eta)

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