song
/sɒŋ/noun
song is spelled S-O-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Song, the name). As a noun, song means “A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of song is songs.
How many letters and syllables are in song?
| Letters | 4: S-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 182 times per million words; the 556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 song?
Song appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Song, 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 song?
- UK /sɒŋ/
- British /sɔŋ/
- /sɔŋ/
Song 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-song.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with song?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as song from its last stressed vowel (/ɒŋ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: snog.
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 song
- songs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does song mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
- 2
colloquialAny musical composition.
- 3
Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
- 4
The act or art of singing.
- 5
A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
I love hearing the song of canary birds.
- 6
The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds.
- 7
A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
He bought that car for a song.
- 8
obsoleteAn object of derision; a laughing stock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Song in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chanson , chant |
| German | Lied, Gesang, Song , Singen |
| Portuguese | canção, cantiga, música |
| Spanish | canción, rola , por poco dinero, de balde |
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 song come from?
From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).