chung

\cuŋ˦\

/\cuŋ˦\/ adj

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The verdict

“chung” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,946
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chung · chung · French

chung · rank #30,946 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,946
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CHR

Nearest frequency peer: CHR (-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 « chung »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chung » 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).

chung vs chut
60% similar
chung vs chute
60% similar
chung vs Cluny
40% similar

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

Key facts for chung
PropertyValue
Headwordchung
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\cuŋ˦\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,946
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chung »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chungse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CHR » (#30,945), « clame » (#30,947), « choice » (#30,944). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chung » est au #30,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chung (IPA \cuŋ˦\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,946 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chung, with forms such as "cchung", "chhung", and "chnug". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "chut", "chute", "Cluny", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chung, spelled C-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commun.
  2. 2
    Général.
  3. 3
    Public.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quyền lợi chung.
  2. Lợi ích chung.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchung
  • chhung
  • chnug
  • chugn
  • chungg
  • chunng
  • cuhng
  • hcung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchung1chhung1chnug2chugn2chungg1chunng1cuhng2hcung2
Edit distance from "chung"

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 "chung"?
"chung" is spelled C-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \cuŋ˦\.
What does "chung" mean?
As an adjective, "chung" means: Commun.
What words are commonly confused with "chung"?
"chung" is commonly confused with "chut", "chute", "Cluny". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chung" is \cuŋ˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chung" come from?
"chung" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

clame#30,947clear#30,948coder#30,950cousu#30,963

Similar misspelling depth

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

choice8 variantsCassius8 variantscanine8 variantsbasent8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list