# Yeung vs yong

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Yeung
*name · IPA /jʌŋ/ · frequency rank #40,980*
A surname from Cantonese.

### yong
*adjective · frequency rank #16,835*
Obsolete spelling of young.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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