# Chung vs clung

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chung
*name · IPA /t͡ʃʌŋ/ · frequency rank #16,666*
A common surname from Korean.

### clung
*verb · IPA /klʌŋ/ · frequency rank #29,599*
simple past and past participle of cling

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