muang
"muang" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muang” is uncommon English (frequency #88,628 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,628
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of mueang.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muang · muang · English
muang · rank #88,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,628
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Munda
Nearest frequency peer: Munda (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “muang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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moonless
11,378 corpus weight
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mortgagee
11,377 corpus weight
- muang
muang
11,373 corpus weight
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Munda
11,371 corpus weight
- mushroomed
mushroomed
11,370 corpus weight
- Muzak
Muzak
11,368 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “muang” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muang” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
muang is uncommon English at frequency #88,628 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of mueang.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for muang, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc. The correct English form is muang, spelled M-U-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of mueang.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.