conger
/ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
"conger" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conger” is uncommon English (frequency #50,435 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,435
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conger” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
conger is uncommon English at frequency #50,435 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for conger in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”). The correct English form is conger, spelled C-O-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
- 2A chain of booksellers.
Etymology
From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.