ton

Other forms of ton

plural

tons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ton

What does ton mean?

ton means "a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ton?

ton has 1 syllable: ton. In IPA it is /ˈtʌn/.

What is another word for ton?

Close synonyms include short ton, net ton, long ton, gross ton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ton a common word?

ton is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ton?

2 words rhyme with ton. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.