stang
/ˈstæŋ/noun, verb
stang is spelled S-T-A-N-G: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stang means “A forked ritual staff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stang is stangs.
How many letters and syllables are in stang?
| Letters | 5: S-T-A-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th 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 stang?
Stang appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th 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 stang?
- US /ˈstæŋ/
- US [ˈstæŋ]
- British /ˈstaŋ/
Stang 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)-Vealhurl-stang.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stang?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stang from its last stressed vowel (/æŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: angst.
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 stang
- stangs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- stanging participle, present
- stanged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stang mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A forked ritual staff.
- 2
archaicobsoleteA long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
- 3
obsoleteIn land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")
- 4
USslangClipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo shoot with pain, to sting.
- 2
ScotlandTo spear; to sting.
- 3
raresimple past of sting
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stang come from?
Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).