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Term: tongue

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "tongue": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. tongue

tongue

Definitions

Noun

  1. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  2. A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
  3. Any long thin projection that is transient
  4. A manner of speaking
  5. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
  6. The tongue of certain animals used as meat
  7. The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
  8. Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

Verb

  1. Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
  2. Lick or explore with the tongue
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tongue".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tongue 1 35
2 tongues 1 4
3 tongued 1 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tongue".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stung 1 2
2 tung 1 2

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tongue".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tone 1 78
2 tones 1 20
3 towne 1 9
4 vogue 1 6
5 tongues 1 4
6 toner 2 3
7 tongued 1 1
8 tong 1 1
9 tongs 1 1
10 tonge 1 0
11 yongue 1 0
12 stonge 1 0
13 tonnage 2 0
14 longuet 2 0
15 trone 1 0
16 toone 1 0
17 tonne 1 0
18 tonie 2 0
19 tonga 2 0
20 toney 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "tongue" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "tongue" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mother tongue 2 3

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "tongue" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 supported 3 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tongue".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tangle 2 8
2 tangos 2 1
3 tangen 2 0
4 tanger 2 0
5 tengiz 2 0
6 tinged 1 0
7 tingen 2 0
8 tingey 2 0
9 tingle 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 9

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival Returns to the National Mall Feb. 19–22
Feb 13, 2026 Smithsonian
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Jul 25, 2026 CT Insider
Joe Nichols releases new version of tongue in cheek song ‘Say La V™ (Radio Edit)’
Oct 16, 2026 Entertainment Focus
The earliest known bird had complex tongue bones and fleshy “teeth” on the roof of its mouth—which might have helped it snag the food it needed for flight
Feb 2, 2026 Field Museum
Shilpa Gupta: For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit | January 31
Jan 31, 2026 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
England rest Archer, Atkinson, Tongue for Australia T20Is
Oct 13, 2026 Cricinfo
Comparative Evaluation of Tongue Crib and Tongue Tamers in Repositioning the Tongue in Subjects With Tongue Thrusting: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Jul 30, 2026 The Cureus Journal of Medical Science

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