# sprung

> English word · Verb · IPA /spɹʌŋ/ · frequency rank #17,036

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of spring

## Easily confused with
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-sung)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-spun)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-swung)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-stung)
- **spunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-spunk)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-strong)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-string)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-spying)
- **strung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprung-vs-strung)
- **shrug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrug-vs-sprung)
- **slung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slung-vs-sprung)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spring-vs-sprung)
- **sprint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprint-vs-sprung)
- **spruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spruce-vs-sprung)
- **shrunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-sprung)
- **sprang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprang-vs-sprung)
- **springs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springs-vs-sprung)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sprung)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psrung`, `spprung`, `sprnug`, `sprrung`, `sprugn`, `sprungg`, `sprunng`, `spurng`, `srpung`, `ssprung`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sprung