pung
/pʌŋ/noun
pung is spelled P-U-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pung means “A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pung is pungs.
How many letters and syllables are in pung?
| Letters | 4: P-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th 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 pung?
Pung appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 pung?
- /pʌŋ/
Pung 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)-Persent101-pung.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pung
- pungs plural
- pong
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
- 2
A set of three identical tiles.
- 3
A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pung come from?
Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).