fanged
adjective, verb
fanged is spelled F-A-N-G-E-D: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fanged means “Equipped with fangs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fanged?
| Letters | 6: F-A-N-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd 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 fanged?
Fanged appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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).
What rhymes with fanged?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as fanged.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: defang.
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).
What does fanged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Equipped with fangs.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fang
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fanged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | bezahnt |
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 fanged come from?
From fang + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).