jong
/dʒɒŋ/
"jong" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,058
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jong · jong · English
jong · rank #11,058 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,058
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacques
Nearest frequency peer: Jacques (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “jong”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Irving
Irving
88,946 corpus weight
- JA
JA
88,945 corpus weight
- Jacques
Jacques
88,944 corpus weight
- jong
jong
88,943 corpus weight
- Klein
Klein
88,942 corpus weight
- limitation
limitation
88,941 corpus weight
What this shows “jong” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | jong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʒɒŋ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jong”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around jong (IPA /dʒɒŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,058 among 796 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jong, with forms such as "jjong", "jnog", and "jogn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "jun", "jug", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”). The correct English form is jong, spelled J-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rock on which the jong stands must at one time have been lapped by the waters of the lake, but at the present time the Yam-dok tso has retreated so far, that a quashy stretch of vivid green quagmire spreads between the road and the shore.
When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
Etymology
From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjong
- jnog
- jogn
- jongg
- jonng
- ojng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jong - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jong", 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).