tonge
"tonge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tonge” is uncommon English (frequency #93,241 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,241
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of tongue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tonge · tonge · English
tonge · rank #93,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,241
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH TLI
Nearest frequency peer: TLI (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tonge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tippet
tippet
6,762 corpus weight
- TLI
TLI
6,761 corpus weight
- tonge
tonge
6,760 corpus weight
- tonights
tonights
6,759 corpus weight
- topnotch
topnotch
6,758 corpus weight
- torques
torques
6,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tonge” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tonge” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tonge is uncommon English at frequency #93,241 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of tongue.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tonge, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is tonge, spelled T-O-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of tongue.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.