wrung
/ɹʌŋ/
"wrung" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wrung” is uncommon English (frequency #62,631 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,631
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of wring
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wrung |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹʌŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wrung” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wrung is uncommon English at frequency #62,631 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹʌŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of wring".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wrung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is wrung, spelled W-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of wring
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.
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Using “wrung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹʌŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.