gangling
adjective, noun
gangling is spelled G-A-N-G-L-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gangling means “Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gangling?
| Letters | 8: G-A-N-G-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is gangling?
Gangling appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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).
Forms of gangling
- more gangling comparative
- most gangling superlative
- ganglings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gangling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
A gangling teenager.
noun
- 1
nonstandardA member of a gang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gangling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense awkwardly tall and thin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dégingandé |
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 gangling come from?
Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).