Kong
"kong" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,071
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Chinese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kong · Kong · English
Kong · rank #3,071 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,071
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH jury
Nearest frequency peer: jury (-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 “Kong”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- initially
initially
96,933 corpus weight
- junior
junior
96,932 corpus weight
- jury
jury
96,931 corpus weight
- Kong
Kong
96,930 corpus weight
- Korean
Korean
96,929 corpus weight
- marks
marks
96,928 corpus weight
What this shows “Kong” 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 | Kong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kong”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kong, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,071 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Chinese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kong, with forms such as "kkong", "knog", and "kogn". 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, "kun", "Kos", "Koo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1). The correct English form is Kong, spelled K-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from Chinese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkong
- knog
- kogn
- kongg
- konng
- okng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kong - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Kong", 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).