jong
/dʒɔŋ/noun
jong is spelled J-O-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jong means “A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jong is jongs.
How many letters and syllables are in jong?
| Letters | 4: J-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jong?
Jong appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jong?
- UK /dʒɒŋ/
- US /dʒɔŋ/
- /dʒɑŋ/
As a noun (“A friendly term of address, especially for a young man”): /jɒŋ/.
As a noun (“Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”)”): /dʒɒŋ/.
Jong has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jong.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jong2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jong?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jong from its last stressed vowel (/ɔŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jong
- jongs plural
- dzong
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
- 2
slangA friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
- 3
Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jong come from?
From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).