tongued
/tʌŋd/adjective, verb
tongued is spelled T-O-N-G-U-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tongued means “Resembling a tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tongued?
| Letters | 7: T-O-N-G-U-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tongued?
Tongued appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 tongued?
- /tʌŋd/
Tongued 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-tongued.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does tongued mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling a tongue.
- 2
Having a particular manner of speaking.
He's a sharp-toungued boy.
- 3
Having a tongue for towing.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of tongue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tongued come from?
From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).