cong
\kɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“cong” is uncommon French (frequency #50,734 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,734
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En Chine, grand vase de porcelaine grossière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cong · cong · French
cong · rank #50,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,734
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH conforment
Nearest frequency peer: conforment (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cong »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- communiquez
communiquez
49,270 corpus weight
- confiera
confiera
49,269 corpus weight
- conforment
conforment
49,268 corpus weight
- cong
cong
49,267 corpus weight
- conservons
conservons
49,266 corpus weight
- contemplati…
contemplative
49,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cong » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cong » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cong is uncommon French at frequency #50,734 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En Chine, grand vase de porcelaine grossière.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cong, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cong, spelled C-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1En Chine, grand vase de porcelaine grossière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’alose qui est forte et excellente en goût, est produite presque exclusivement par des moyens artificiels et transportée dans toutes les parties de l’empire dans des congs.
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.
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