kampong
/ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/
"kampong" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kampong” is uncommon English (frequency #88,495 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,495
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A landing, a port; a river town.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kampong · kampong · English
kampong · rank #88,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,495
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kashima
Nearest frequency peer: Kashima (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “kampong”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jihadism
jihadism
11,516 corpus weight
- kalo
kalo
11,509 corpus weight
- kampong
kampong
11,506 corpus weight
- Kashima
Kashima
11,504 corpus weight
- Khurana
Khurana
11,496 corpus weight
- Kilby
Kilby
11,495 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kampong” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kampong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kampong” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kampong is uncommon English at frequency #88,495 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A landing, a port; a river town.".
kampong has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”). The correct English form is kampong, spelled K-A-M-P-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A landing, a port; a river town.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kampong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ (khéttâkâmpôngthum)) Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម (kɑmpŭəng caam))
Etymology
Borrowed from Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.