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gang

/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/verb, noun

gang is spelled G-A-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, gang means “To go; walk; proceed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in gang?

Letters4: G-A-N-G
Syllables1
In writing32 times per million words; the 2,992nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 gang?

Gang appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd 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 gang?

  • /ˈɡæŋ/
  • [ˈɡæŋ]
  • US /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/

Gang has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gang.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with gang?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gang from its last stressed vowel (/eɪŋ/):

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 gang

  • gangs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • ganging participle, present
  • ganged participle, past
  • gan

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does gang mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    ScotlandTo go; walk; proceed.

  2. 2

    To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

  3. 3

    Synonym of gangbang.

  4. 4

    Pronunciation spelling of gan.

noun

  1. 1

    A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

    the Gashouse Gang

  2. 2

    A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.

    a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.

  3. 3

    A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

    a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.

  4. 4

    A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

    The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.

  5. 5

    A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

    The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.

  6. 6

    USA chain gang.

  7. 7

    A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

  8. 8

    A term of address for any other person or group of people.

    The sun isn't real? What are you even talking about, gang?

  9. 9

    Alternative form of gangue.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate gang?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of gang: GNG, gng.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Gang in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbande, gang (a company of persons)
GermanBande, Rotte, Clique, Freundeskreis (a company of persons), Arbeitsmannschaft, Arbeitskolonne (a company of labourers)
Portuguesegrupo (a company of persons), gangue, bando (criminal group with a common background), quadrilha (group of criminals who band together for mutual…)
Spanishgrupo, pandilla, mara, banda, cuadrilla (a company of persons)

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 gang come from?

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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