yong

adj

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"yong" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,835
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of young.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yong · yong · English

yong · rank #16,835 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,835
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH withdrawing

Nearest frequency peer: withdrawing (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “yong”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “yong” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

yong vs you
50% similar
yong vs yoo
50% similar
yong vs Yun
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for yong
PropertyValue
Headwordyong
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,835
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “yong”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).yonglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “withdrawing” (#16,833), “abbas” (#16,837), “adultery” (#16,838). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yong” is #16,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around yong, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,835 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete spelling of young.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for yong, with forms such as "oyng", "ynog", and "yogn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "yoo", "Yun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is yong, spelled Y-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of young.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how yong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […]
  2. caused the yong king […]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyng
  • ynog
  • yogn
  • yongg
  • yonng
  • yyong

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yong - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oyng2ynog2yogn2yongg1yonng1yyong1
Edit distance from "yong"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yong"?
"yong" is spelled Y-O-N-G.
What does "yong" mean?
As an adjective, "yong" means: Obsolete spelling of young.
What words are commonly confused with "yong"?
"yong" is commonly confused with "you", "yoo", "Yun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "yong" come from?
"yong" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

axes#16,846Vega#16,821boob#16,852coop#16,874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

agile6 variantsaides6 variantscarve6 variantscrook6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list