peng
/pɛŋ/noun, adjective
peng is spelled P-E-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peng means “A legendary enormous bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peng is pengs.
How many letters and syllables are in peng?
| Letters | 4: P-E-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is peng?
Peng appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 peng?
- /pɛŋ/
As an adjective (“Iced; with ice added”): [p˭eŋ(˦)], [p˭ɪŋ(˦)].
Peng 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-peng.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peng
- pengs plural
- penger comparative
- pengest superlative
- pengers
- leng
- lengers
- kweng
- kwengers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peng mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A legendary enormous bird.
adjective
- 1
Iced; with ice added.
- 2
Physically or sexually attractive.
- 3
Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of P.Eng. (“professional engineer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does peng come from?
From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).