# wong

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɒŋ/ · frequency rank #11,822

## Definitions
1. A field or other piece of land.

## Etymology
From Middle English wong, wang, from Old English wong, wang (“a flat surface, plain”), from Proto-West Germanic *wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz. Cognate with Danish vang.

## Easily confused with
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wow)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-woo)
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wot)
- **wop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wop)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wor)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-work)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-word)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wood)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wore)
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-worn)
- **wont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wont)
- **wool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wool)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-worm)
- **woof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-woof)
- **wynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wynn)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wort)
- **wook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wook)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wove)
- **wrong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wrong)
- **wound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wound)

## Common misspellings (6)
`owng`, `wnog`, `wogn`, `wongg`, `wonng`, `wwong`

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