# \cong

The ≅ symbol (Approximately equal to, U+2245), written as \cong in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/cong

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≅ |
| Unicode | U+2245 APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\cong
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.59% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 81 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2245 (APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO).