sponger
/ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/noun
sponger is spelled S-P-O-N-G-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sponger means “One who uses a sponge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sponger is spongers.
How many letters and syllables are in sponger?
| Letters | 7: S-P-O-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 sponger?
Sponger appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 sponger?
- US /ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sponger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sponger?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sponger from its last stressed vowel (/ʌndʒəɹ/):
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 sponger
- spongers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sponger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who uses a sponge.
- 2
A parasitic hanger-on.
- 3
A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.
- 4
A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sponger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who sponges:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schnorrer |
| Spanish | cafiche, gorrón, pedigüeño, chupóptero |
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 sponger come from?
From sponge + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).