kong
/kɔŋ/noun
kong is spelled K-O-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kong means “A set of four identical tiles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kong is kongs.
How many letters and syllables are in kong?
| Letters | 4: K-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 31 times per million words; the 3,052nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 kong?
Kong appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd 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 kong?
- UK /kɒŋ/
- US /kɔŋ/
- /kɑŋ/
Kong 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-kong.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kong?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kong from its last stressed vowel (/ɔŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gonk.
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 kong
- kongs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of four identical tiles.
- 2
A call declaring the formation of such a set.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kong come from?
Borrowed from Cantonese 槓 /杠 (gong³ / gung³).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).