Tongan
/ˈtɒŋən/
"tongan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tongan” is uncommon English (frequency #52,052 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,052
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tongan · Tongan · English
Tongan · rank #52,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,052
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tomorrows
Nearest frequency peer: tomorrows (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tongan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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47,953 corpus weight
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47,951 corpus weight
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47,950 corpus weight
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47,949 corpus weight
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47,947 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tongan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tongan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɒŋən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tongan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tongan is uncommon English at frequency #52,052 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɒŋən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Tongan has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Tonga + -an. The correct English form is Tongan, spelled T-O-N-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
- 2A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.
Etymology
From Tonga + -an.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.