# Hwang

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,828

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Korean 황 (hwang)...)

## Easily confused with
- **hyung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hwang-vs-hyung)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-hwang)
- **hag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hag-vs-hwang)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-hwang)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hwang)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hong-vs-hwang)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hwang)
- **Hans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hans-vs-hwang)
- **Hank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hank-vs-hwang)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hana-vs-hwang)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haig-vs-hwang)
- **hwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hwan-vs-hwang)
- **Haan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haan-vs-hwang)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hing-vs-hwang)
- **Huang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hwang)
- **Hmong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmong-vs-hwang)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hawng`, `hhwang`, `hwagn`, `hwangg`, `hwanng`, `hwnag`, `hwwang`, `whang`

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