Kowloon
/kaʊˈluːn/
"kowloon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kowloon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,732
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kowloon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kaʊˈluːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kowloon” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Kowloon (IPA /kaʊˈluːn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,732 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kowloon, with forms such as "kkowloon", "kolwoon", and "kowlloon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279). The correct English form is Kowloon, spelled K-O-W-L-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.
Etymology
From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkowloon
- kolwoon
- kowlloon
- kowlon
- kowlono
- kowloonn
- kowolon
- kowwloon
- kwoloon
- okwloon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kowloon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Kowloon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-O-W-L-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kaʊˈluːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.