kampung
/ˈkʌmpɒŋ/
"kampung" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kampung” is uncommon English (frequency #79,666 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,666
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional village.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kampung · kampung · English
kampung · rank #79,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,666
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kagoshima
Nearest frequency peer: Kagoshima (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “kampung”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kadyrov
Kadyrov
20,338 corpus weight
- Kagoshima
Kagoshima
20,336 corpus weight
- kampung
kampung
20,335 corpus weight
- Karelia
Karelia
20,334 corpus weight
- kegel
kegel
20,333 corpus weight
- khon
khon
20,331 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kampung” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kampung |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌmpɒŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kampung” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kampung is uncommon English at frequency #79,666 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌmpɒŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kampung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Malay kampung (“enclosure; quarter of a town occupied by a certain nationality; village”). Doublet of kampang. Cognates * Dutch kampoeng The correct English form is kampung, spelled K-A-M-P-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1A traditional village.
- 2A district or suburb where a former village once stood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kampung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They came from solitary huts in the wilderness, from populous campongs, from villages by the sea. At the call of an idea they had left their forests, their clearings, the protection of their rulers, their prosperity, their poverty, the surroundings of their youth and the graves of their fathers.
Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up. He would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kampung (“enclosure; quarter of a town occupied by a certain nationality; village”). Doublet of kampang. Cognates * Dutch kampoeng
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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