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souchong

/ˈsu.ʃɒŋ/noun

souchong is spelled S-O-U-C-H-O-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, souchong means “Any of several varieties of aromatic black tea from China” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of souchong is souchongs.

How many letters and syllables are in souchong?

Letters8: S-O-U-C-H-O-N-G
In writingabout once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is souchong?

Souchong appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce souchong?

  • /ˈsu.ʃɒŋ/
  • /ˈsu.t͡ʃɒŋ/
  • /suˈʃɒŋ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of souchong

  • souchongs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does souchong mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Any of several varieties of aromatic black tea from China.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does souchong come from?

Borrowed from Cantonese 小種 /小种 (siu² zung², “subvariety”). See also Hokkien 小種茶 /小种茶 (sió-chióng-tê).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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