Kuang
"kuang" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kuang” is uncommon English (frequency #63,033 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,033
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kuang · Kuang · English
Kuang · rank #63,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,033
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH KSU
Nearest frequency peer: KSU (-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 “Kuang”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ketch
ketch
36,977 corpus weight
- kettlebell
kettlebell
36,976 corpus weight
- knocker
knocker
36,973 corpus weight
- Kosta
Kosta
36,972 corpus weight
- KSU
KSU
36,969 corpus weight
- Kuang
Kuang
36,968 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kuang” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kuang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kuang” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kuang is uncommon English at frequency #63,033 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kuang, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 礦 /矿 (Kuàng). The correct English form is Kuang, spelled K-U-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kuang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In 1958, the Xiawudu Farm 下五渡农场 of the Kuangqu Commune 矿区公社 of Yangquan City 阳泉市 founded a kindergarten.
Etymology
From Mandarin 礦 /矿 (Kuàng).
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).