qigong
/tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/
"qigong" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“qigong” is uncommon English (frequency #69,363 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,363
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-qigong · qigong · English
qigong · rank #69,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,363
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,880
- PHOTO-FINISH pubis
Nearest frequency peer: pubis (-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 “qigong”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prokaryotic
prokaryotic
30,642 corpus weight
- pubis
pubis
30,640 corpus weight
- qigong
qigong
30,638 corpus weight
- quails
quails
30,636 corpus weight
- quantized
quantized
30,635 corpus weight
- Quasimodo
Quasimodo
30,634 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “qigong” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | qigong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “qigong” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
qigong is uncommon English at frequency #69,363 among 2,880 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.".
No misspelling variants are generated for qigong in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”). The correct English form is qigong, spelled Q-I-G-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).
This word in other languages
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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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.