dong
/dɔŋ/noun, verb
dong is spelled D-O-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dong means “The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dong is dongs.
How many letters and syllables are in dong?
| Letters | 4: D-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dong?
Dong appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dong?
- UK /dɒŋ/
- US /dɔŋ/
- /dɑŋ/
Dong has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dong.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dong
Also written: dung.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dong?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dong from its last stressed vowel (/ɔŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dong
- dongs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- đồng
- donging participle, present
- donged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
- 2
The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
- 3
slangThe penis.
- 4
slangA dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
- 5
slangA fool.
- 6
A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
- 7
A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
verb
- 1
To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dong in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dong come from?
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).