bong

\bɔ̃ŋ\

/\bɔ̃ŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,675
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pipe à eau utilisée pour fumer le cannabis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bong · bong · French

bong · rank #39,675 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,675
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bondée

Nearest frequency peer: bondée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bong »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bong » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

bong vs box
50% similar
bong vs boy
50% similar
bong vs bug
50% similar

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

Key facts for bong
PropertyValue
Headwordbong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃ŋ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#39,675
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bong »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bongse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bondée » (#39,674), « Borel » (#39,676), « Bollywood » (#39,673). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bong » est au #39,675. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bong (IPA \bɔ̃ŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,675 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pipe à eau utilisée pour fumer le cannabis.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bong, with forms such as "bbong", "bnog", and "bogn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "box", "boy", "bug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bong, spelled B-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pipe à eau utilisée pour fumer le cannabis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Buddy, assis sur le divan, m'a regardée faire, en fumant du weed dans son bong.
  2. Ryan avait pas mal de cours de chimie, et il lui avait été facile de subtiliser des raccordements en plastique et un tube à essai pour se fabriquer son propre bong.

This word in other languages

bong(English)Bong(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbong
  • bnog
  • bogn
  • bongg
  • bonng
  • obng

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbong1bnog2bogn2bongg1bonng1obng2
Edit distance from "bong"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bong"?
"bong" is spelled B-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃ŋ\.
What does "bong" mean?
As a noun, "bong" means: Pipe à eau utilisée pour fumer le cannabis.
What words are commonly confused with "bong"?
"bong" is commonly confused with "box", "boy", "bug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bong" is \bɔ̃ŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bong" come from?
"bong" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bosc#39,677biff#39,670berk#39,669bent#39,668

Similar misspelling depth

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

conor6 variantsWelt6 variantsdorer6 variantstips6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list