# Jeong

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,963

## Definitions
1. A surname from Korean, a more recent transliteration of Chung.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).

## Easily confused with
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jon)
- **jog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jog)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jung)
- **jong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jong)
- **Jing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jing)
- **Joni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-joni)
- **JSON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-json)
- **Jiang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeong-vs-jiang)
- **Jen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jen-vs-jeong)
- **jean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jeong)
- **Jang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jang-vs-jeong)
- **Jenn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenn-vs-jeong)
- **Jena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jena-vs-jeong)
- **jeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeon-vs-jeong)
- **jeans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeans-vs-jeong)
- **jenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenny-vs-jeong)
- **Jenna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenna-vs-jeong)
- **Jenni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenni-vs-jeong)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ejong`, `jenog`, `jeogn`, `jeongg`, `jeonng`, `jjeong`, `joeng`

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