Gung

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The verdict

“Gung” is uncommon German (frequency #64,328 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,328
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Junge

Key facts for Gung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gung lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gung is uncommon German at frequency #64,328 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Junge".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gung, spelled G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Junge

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gung"?
"Gung" is spelled G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Gung" mean?
As a noun, "Gung" means: Junge
How do you pronounce "Gung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gung" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gung" come from?
"Gung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Gung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list