hung
/ˈhʌŋ/adjective, verb
hung is spelled H-U-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hung means “Suspended by hanging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hung?
| Letters | 4: H-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 hung?
Hung appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 hung?
- US /ˈhʌŋ/
- /hʊŋ/
- /hʊŋɡ/
Hung has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hung.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hung?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hung from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋ/):
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 hung
- more hung comparative
- most hung superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suspended by hanging.
- 2
Having hanging additions or appendages.
- 3
Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
- 4
Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
hung parliament
- 5
colloquialOf a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
- 6
colloquialHaving a large penis (often well hung).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
- 2
proscribedsimple past and past participle of hang (in any sense)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hung in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pendu , divisé , mou, lent , bien membré |
| German | gehängt , hängend, festgegangen |
| Portuguese | pendurado , dotado, bem-dotado, bem aviado |
| Spanish | vergón, macanudo |
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.