# Leung

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /liʌŋ/ · frequency rank #25,819

## Definitions
1. A surname from Cantonese.

## Etymology
From Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).

## Easily confused with
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lug)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lun)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-long)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lung)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-luna)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lund)
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lying)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lungs)
- **liang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-liang)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lunge)
- **lounge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leung-vs-lounge)
- **leg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leg-vs-leung)
- **Len** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/len-vs-leung)
- **lens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lens-vs-leung)
- **lean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lean-vs-leung)
- **lend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lend-vs-leung)
- **Leon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leon-vs-leung)
- **lang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lang-vs-leung)
- **lent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lent-vs-leung)
- **Lena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lena-vs-leung)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elung`, `lenug`, `leugn`, `leungg`, `leunng`, `lleung`, `lueng`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leung