# Huang

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhwɑːŋ/ · frequency rank #17,387

## Definitions
1. A surname from Mandarin.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.

## Easily confused with
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hug)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hun)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hung)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hunk)
- **Huns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-huns)
- **hwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hwan)
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-human)
- **hyung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hyung)
- **Hwang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hwang)
- **Hunan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hunan)
- **humane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-humane)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-huang)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hua-vs-huang)
- **hag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hag-vs-huang)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-huang)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-huang)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hong-vs-huang)
- **Hans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hans-vs-huang)
- **Hank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hank-vs-huang)

## Common misspellings (7)
`haung`, `hhuang`, `huagn`, `huangg`, `huanng`, `hunag`, `uhang`

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