wang
/ˈwæŋ/noun, verb
wang is spelled W-A-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wang means “Alternative spelling of whang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wang is wangs.
How many letters and syllables are in wang?
| Letters | 4: W-A-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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 wang?
Wang appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 wang?
- /ˈwæŋ/
- /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/
- /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/
Wang has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wang.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with wang
Sounds like: whang (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with wang?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wang.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gnaw, gwan, gawn.
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 wang
- wangs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wanging participle, present
- wanged participle, past
- whang
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wang mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of whang.
- 2
colloquialPenis.
verb
- 1
To batter; to clobber; to conk.
- 2
To throw hard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wang come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).