chong

\cɔŋ˦\

/\cɔŋ˦\/ verb

The verdict

“chong” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,025
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maintenir allumé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chong · chong · French

chong · rank #34,025 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,025
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH choco

Nearest frequency peer: choco (-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 « chong »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chong » 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).

chong vs con
60% similar
chong vs cons
60% similar
chong vs chou
60% similar

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

Key facts for chong
PropertyValue
Headwordchong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\cɔŋ˦\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,025
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chong »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chongse 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 « choco » (#34,024), « chromosome » (#34,026), « chimistes » (#34,023). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chong » est au #34,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chong (IPA \cɔŋ˦\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,025 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maintenir allumé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chong, with forms such as "cchong", "chhong", and "chnog". 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, "con", "cons", "chou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chong, spelled C-H-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maintenir allumé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. chong đèn suốt đêm

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchong
  • chhong
  • chnog
  • chogn
  • chongg
  • chonng
  • cohng
  • hcong

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchong1chhong1chnog2chogn2chongg1chonng1cohng2hcong2
Edit distance from "chong"

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 "chong"?
"chong" is spelled C-H-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \cɔŋ˦\.
What does "chong" mean?
As a verb, "chong" means: Maintenir allumé.
What words are commonly confused with "chong"?
"chong" is commonly confused with "con", "cons", "chou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chong" is \cɔŋ˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chong" come from?
"chong" 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 "chong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list