# Chung

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌŋ/ · frequency rank #16,666

## Definitions
1. A common surname from Korean.
2. A surname from Chinese.

## Etymology
Romanization
* From the McCune-Reischauer transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong), from Korean 鄭, 丁, 程. Doublet of Tee.
* From transliteration of Chinese 宗, 程, 种, 仲, 钟, 鍾, 張, 张, 章, 蔣, 蒋, frequently originating from Hong Kong or Taiwan

## Easily confused with
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-cunt)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-cong)
- **cuny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-cuny)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-count)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-chunk)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-cling)
- **chute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-chute)
- **churn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-churn)
- **clung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-clung)
- **clang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-clang)
- **chunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-chunks)
- **chunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chung-vs-chunky)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chu-vs-chung)
- **chan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chan-vs-chung)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chung)
- **Chen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chen-vs-chung)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chun-vs-chung)
- **chum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chum-vs-chung)
- **chug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chug-vs-chung)
- **chub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chub-vs-chung)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchung`, `chhung`, `chnug`, `chugn`, `chungg`, `chunng`, `cuhng`, `hcung`

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