# tongued

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tʌŋd/ · frequency rank #45,127

## Definitions
1. Resembling a tongue.
2. Having a particular manner of speaking.
3. Having a tongue for towing.

## Etymology
From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

## Easily confused with
- **tongues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tongued-vs-tongues)
- **toned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toned-vs-tongued)
- **tongue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tongue-vs-tongued)
- **tinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinged-vs-tongued)
- **tangled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tangled-vs-tongued)

## Common misspellings (10)
`otngued`, `tnogued`, `tognued`, `tongeud`, `tonggued`, `tongude`, `tonguedd`, `tonngued`, `tonuged`, `ttongued`

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