Tonge or tongue?
Did you mean tongue? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
tonge
Correct
tongue
Correct spelling: tongue. Misspelling: tonge.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
O before N: t-O-N-G-U-E, as in tong + ue.
Why people write “tonge”
The misspelling “tonge” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent U, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make tongue automatic.
What does “tongue” mean?
tongue noun
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Synonyms:
- any long thin projection that is transient
“tongues of flame licked at the walls”
Synonyms:knife
- a manner of speaking
“he spoke with a thick tongue”
tongue verb
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- lick or explore with the tongue
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Tongue” in a sentence
- Don't burn your tongue.
- Tongues of flame licked at the walls.
- He spoke with a thick tongue.
Is “tongue” a playable word?
7 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“tonge” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TONGUE.