liang
noun
liang is spelled L-I-A-N-G: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Liang, the name). As a noun, liang means “Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liang is liangs.
How many letters and syllables are in liang?
| Letters | 5: L-I-A-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd 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 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 liang?
Liang appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Liang, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce liang?
Liang 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).
What rhymes with liang?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as liang.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: align.
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 liang
- liangs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liang mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does liang come from?
The atonal Wade-Giles and pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 兩 /两 (liǎng). Doublet of leung and yang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).