ong
[ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]
The verdict
“ong” is uncommon German (frequency #83,125 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,125
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - behaartes, fliegendes Insekt aus der Ordnung der Hautflügler; Biene
Corpus desk
Index DE-ong · ong · German
ong · rank #83,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,125
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Omelett
Nearest frequency peer: Omelett (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ong“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Offizin
Offizin
16,880 corpus weight
- olympisch
olympisch
16,878 corpus weight
- Omelett
Omelett
16,877 corpus weight
- ong
ong
16,876 corpus weight
- oratio
oratio
16,873 corpus weight
- Orchestermu…
Orchestermusik
16,872 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ong“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ong |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ong“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ong is uncommon German at frequency #83,125 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "behaartes, fliegendes Insekt aus der Ordnung der Hautflügler; Biene".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ong, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ong, spelled O-N-G.
Definition
- 1behaartes, fliegendes Insekt aus der Ordnung der Hautflügler; Biene
This word in other languages
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.
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