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kosong

[ˈk˭osɔŋ]adjective

kosong is spelled K-O-S-O-N-G: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Kosong, the name). As an adjective, kosong means “Not having additional ingredients, such as milk or sugar; plain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in kosong?

Letters6: K-O-S-O-N-G
In writingabout once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is kosong?

Kosong appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Kosong, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce kosong?

  • [ˈk˭osɔŋ]
  • [-oŋ]
  • [ˈk˭ɔsɔŋ]

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does kosong mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Not having additional ingredients, such as milk or sugar; plain.

    Kopi O Kosong

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does kosong come from?

From Malay kosong (“zero, empty”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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