spong
obsolete
spong is spelled S-P-O-N-G: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spong means “A long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a short peninsula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spong is spongs.
How many letters and syllables are in spong?
| Letters | 5: S-P-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th 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 spong?
Spong appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 spong?
Spong 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 does spong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a short peninsula.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spong come from?
Probably Norwegian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).