dong
/dɒŋ/
"dong" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,737
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
Corpus desk
Index EN-dong · dong · English
dong · rank #9,737 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,737
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH distribute
Nearest frequency peer: distribute (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dong”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- detached
detached
90,268 corpus weight
- devils
devils
90,267 corpus weight
- distribute
distribute
90,265 corpus weight
- dong
dong
90,264 corpus weight
- Edgar
Edgar
90,263 corpus weight
- efficiently
efficiently
90,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dong” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɒŋ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dong” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dong (IPA /dɒŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,737 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dong, with forms such as "ddong", "dnog", and "dogn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dot", "dug", "DOS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”). The correct English form is dong, spelled D-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
- 2The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddong
- dnog
- dogn
- dongg
- donng
- odng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dong - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dong", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.