# Cheng vs Chengdu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cheng
*name · IPA /t͡ʃɛŋ/ · frequency rank #17,789*
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

### Chengdu
*name · IPA /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/ · frequency rank #33,173*
A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheng-vs-chengdu