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throng

/θɹɔŋ/noun, verb, adjective

throng is spelled T-H-R-O-N-G: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, throng means “A group of people crowded or gathered closely together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of throng is throngs.

How many letters and syllables are in throng?

Letters6: T-H-R-O-N-G
Syllables1
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 throng?

Throng appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 throng?

  • UK /θɹɒŋ/
  • US /θɹɔŋ/
  • /θɹɑŋ/

Throng has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-throng.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with throng?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as throng from its last stressed vowel (/ɔŋ/):

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 throng

  • throngs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • thronging participle, present
  • thronged participle, past
  • thronger comparative
  • throngest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does throng mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

  2. 2

    A group of things; a host or swarm.

verb

  1. 1

    To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

  2. 2

    To congregate.

  3. 3

    To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

adjective

  1. 1

    ScotlandFilled with persons or objects; crowded.

  2. 2

    ScotlandBusy; hurried.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Throng in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchessaim, foule (group of people)
GermanMenschengewühl, Gewühl, Gedränge, Menschenmenge, Menschentraube, Traube (group of people)
Portugueseturba, aglomeração (group of people), lotar, apinhar (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Spanishmuchedumbre, gentío, caterva (group of people), abarrotar (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it), multitud, montón (group of things; host or swarm)

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 throng come from?

From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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