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Tounge vs. Tongue: What's the Difference?

Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 8, 2023
"Tounge" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Tongue," which refers to the muscular organ in the mouth.

Which is correct: Tounge or Tongue

How to spell Tongue?

Tounge is Incorrect

Tongue is Correct

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Key Differences

The word "tongue" has "U" before the "E" – think "long U" for "tongue."
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Visualize the shape of the tongue when saying "U before E."
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Relate it to the phrase "A strong tongue."
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Remember "GUE" as in "guess" to recall the ending of "tongue."
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Think of other words with similar patterns like "plague."
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Tounge and Tongue Definitions

Tounge

Tounge is an incorrect spelling of Tongue.
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Tongue

The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, licking, and speaking.
She burned her tongue drinking hot coffee.
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Tongue

A specific way of speaking or writing; a language.
English is my mother tongue.
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Tongue

The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, that is the principal organ of taste, an aid in chewing and swallowing, and, in humans, an important organ of speech.
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Tongue

An analogous organ or part in invertebrate animals, as in certain insects or mollusks.
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Tongue

The tongue of an animal, such as a cow, used as food.
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Tongue

A spoken language or dialect.
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Tongue

Speech; talk
If there is goodness in your heart, it will come to your tongue.
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Tongue

The act or power of speaking
She had no tongue to answer.
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Tongue

Tongues Speech or vocal sounds produced in a state of religious ecstasy.
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Tongue

Style or quality of utterance
Her sharp tongue.
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Tongue

The bark or baying of a hunting dog that sees game
The dog gave tongue when the fox came through the hedge.
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Tongue

The vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument.
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Tongue

A flame.
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Tongue

The flap of material under the laces or buckles of a shoe.
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Tongue

A spit of land; a promontory.
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Tongue

A bell clapper.
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Tongue

The harnessing pole attached to the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Tongue

A protruding strip along the edge of a board that fits into a matching groove on the edge of another board.
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Tongue

(Music) To separate or articulate (notes played on a brass or wind instrument) by shutting off the stream of air with the tongue.
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Tongue

To touch or lick with the tongue.
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Tongue

To give (someone) a French-kiss.
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Tongue

To provide (a board) with a tongue.
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Tongue

To join by means of a tongue and groove.
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Tongue

(Archaic) To scold.
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Tongue

(Music) To articulate notes on a brass or wind instrument.
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Tongue

To project
A spit of land tonguing into the bay.
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Tongue

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
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Tongue

This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).
Cold tongue with mustard
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Tongue

Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
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Tongue

(metonym) A language.
He was speaking in his native tongue.
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Tongue

(obsolete) Speakers of a language, collectively.
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Tongue

(obsolete) Voice the distinctive sound of a person's speech; accent distinctive manner of pronouncing a language.
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Tongue

Manner of speaking, often habitually.
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Tongue

(metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
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Tongue

The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
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Tongue

(obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
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Tongue

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
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Tongue

(obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
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Tongue

Glossolalia.
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Tongue

In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
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Tongue

Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
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Tongue

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
The tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
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Tongue

A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
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Tongue

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
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Tongue

The clapper of a bell.
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Tongue

(figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
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Tongue

A small sole (type of fish).
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Tongue

(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
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Tongue

(music) A reed.
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Tongue

(geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
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Tongue

On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
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Tongue

(slang) To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
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Tongue

To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
A soil horizon that tongues into clay
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Tongue

To join by means of a tongue and groove.
To tongue boards together
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Tongue

To talk; to prate.
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Tongue

To speak; to utter.
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Tongue

To chide; to scold.
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Tongue

An organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
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Tongue

The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Parrots imitating human tongue.
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Tongue

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
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Tongue

Honorable discourse; eulogy.
She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor.
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Tongue

A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
To speak all tongues.
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Tongue

Speech; words or declarations only; - opposed to thoughts or actions.
My little children, let us love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Tongue

A people having a distinct language.
A will gather all nations and tongues.
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Tongue

The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
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Tongue

Any small sole.
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Tongue

That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
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Tongue

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
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Tongue

A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
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Tongue

A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
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Tongue

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
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Tongue

The clapper of a bell.
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Tongue

A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
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Tongue

To speak; to utter.
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Tongue

To chide; to scold.
How might she tongue me.
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Tongue

To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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Tongue

To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
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Tongue

To talk; to prate.
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Tongue

To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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Tongue

A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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Tongue

A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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Tongue

Any long thin projection that is transient;
Tongues of flame licked at the walls
Rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
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Tongue

A manner of speaking;
He spoke with a thick tongue
She has a glib tongue
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Tongue

A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
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Tongue

The tongue of certain animals used as meat
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Tongue

The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
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Tongue

Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
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Tongue

Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
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Tongue

Lick or explore with the tongue
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Tongue

The flap of material under a shoe's laces.
He adjusted the tongue of his sneaker.
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Tongue

A projection on a tool or machine fitting into a groove to produce motion.
The tongue of the buckle secured the strap.
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Tongue

To articulate notes on a wind instrument.
He learned to tongue the notes smoothly on his trumpet.
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FAQs

What is the pronunciation of Tongue?

It is pronounced as /tʌŋ/.
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What is the root word of Tongue?

The root word is the Old English "tunge."
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Which vowel is used before Tongue?

"A" or "the" can be used before "tongue" based on context.
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What is the verb form of Tongue?

"Tongue" can be used as a verb, as in "to tongue the notes."
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Which preposition is used with Tongue?

"On" as in "on the tip of one's tongue."
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Which conjunction is used with Tongue?

Any conjunction can be used depending on the sentence structure.
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Why is it called Tongue?

It's derived from Old English "tunge," which means the muscular organ in the mouth.
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What is the singular form of Tongue?

"Tongue" is already in its singular form.
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Is Tongue a noun or adjective?

"Tongue" is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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What is the plural form of Tongue?

The plural form is "tongues."
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Is the word Tongue imperative?

No, "tongue" is not in the imperative form.
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What is another term for Tongue?

"Language" when referring to speech or "lingua" anatomically.
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What is the opposite of Tongue?

There's no direct opposite, but contextually, "silence" might be an antonym when referring to speech.
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Which article is used with Tongue?

Both "a" and "the" can be used, depending on context.
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Is Tongue a collective noun?

No, it's not a collective noun.
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What is a stressed syllable in Tongue?

The entire word "tongue" is stressed, as it's one syllable.
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What part of speech is Tongue?

"Tongue" is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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What is the first form of Tongue?

As a verb, the first form is "tongue."
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What is the third form of Tongue?

The third form is "tongued."
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How do we divide Tongue into syllables?

"Tongue" is a single syllable word.
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Which determiner is used with Tongue?

Determiners like "the," "this," or "an" can be used with "tongue."
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Is Tongue an abstract noun?

When referring to language, it can be considered abstract; otherwise, it's concrete.
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Is the Tongue term a metaphor?

In some contexts, like "the tongue of a shoe" or "a sharp tongue," it's metaphorical.
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What is the second form of Tongue?

The second form is "tongued."
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How is Tongue used in a sentence?

"She bit her tongue to keep from laughing out loud."
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Is Tongue an adverb?

No, "tongue" is not an adverb.
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Is Tongue a negative or positive word?

Neutral, though its connotation depends on context.
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Is Tongue a vowel or consonant?

"Tongue" is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
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Is Tongue a countable noun?

Yes, e.g., "There are many tongues spoken in the world."
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How many syllables are in Tongue?

There is one syllable in "tongue."
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