# Hmong

> English word · Noun · IPA /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/ · frequency rank #41,177

## Definitions
1. A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

## Etymology
From White Hmong Hmoob.

## Easily confused with
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hon)
- **hog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hog)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hong)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hung)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hone)
- **hogg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hogg)
- **hoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hoon)
- **honk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-honk)
- **Huang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-huang)
- **hyung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hyung)
- **Hwang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hwang)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-homing)
- **HMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmo-vs-hmong)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hmong)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hing-vs-hmong)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhmong`, `hmmong`, `hmnog`, `hmogn`, `hmongg`, `hmonng`, `homng`, `mhong`

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