Congo

\kɔ̃.ɡo\

/\kɔ̃.ɡo\/ name

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The verdict

“Congo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,221
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Royaume africain, XIIᵉ-XVᵉ siècle jusqu’au XIXᵉ siècle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-congo · Congo · French

Congo · rank #4,221 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,221
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continuent

Nearest frequency peer: continuent (+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 « Congo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Congo » 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).

Congo vs cons
40% similar
Congo vs cont
40% similar
Congo vs connu
40% similar

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

Key facts for Congo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCongo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ̃.ɡo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,221
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Congo »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Congose place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « continuent » (#4,222), « cinquante » (#4,219), « correctement » (#4,223). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Congo » est au #4,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Congo (IPA \kɔ̃.ɡo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,221 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Congo, with forms such as "ccongo", "cnogo", and "cogno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cons", "cont", "connu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Congo, spelled C-O-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Royaume africain, XIIᵉ-XVᵉ siècle jusqu’au XIXᵉ siècle.
  2. 2
    Grand fleuve du centre de l’Afrique, qui se jette dans l’Atlantique Sud.
  3. 3
    Pays africain bordé par le Cameroun et la République centrafricaine au nord, la République démocratique du Congo à l’est et au sud, l’enclave angolaise de Cabinda au sud, l’Atlantique Sud et le Gabon à l’ouest. Sa capitale est Brazzaville.
  4. 4
    Grand pays africain bordé par la République centrafricaine et le Soudan au nord, l’Ouganda, le Rwanda, le Burundi et la Tanzanie à l’est, la Zambie au sud-est, l’Angola au sud-ouest, l’Atlantique Sud et la République du Congo à l’ouest. Sa capitale est Kinshasa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. CONGO, (Géog. mod. & Comm.) grand pays de l’Afrique, qui comprend plusieurs royaumes. Il est borné au nord par la riviere de Zaïre, à l’orient par les royaumes de Macacou ou Anzico, par les Monsoles, les Jagas & le Matamba ; au midi par la riviere de Dende, & au couchant par la mer. Ce pays est habité par des negres, parmi lesquels il y en a grand nombre…
  2. CONGO, grand pays dans la basse Ethiopie. Congum. Sanson renferme dans ce pays tout ce qui est entre la ligne équinoxiale & le cap noir dans la Cafrerie, parce que tous ces pays ont été sujets, alliés ou tributaires du Roi de Congo. Le royaume de Congo est borné au nord par le royaume de Loango, & par les peuples Anzicains, il a au sud le royaume d’Angola…

Synonyms

Zaïre

This word in other languages

Congo(English)Congo(Español)Kongo(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccongo
  • cnogo
  • cogno
  • conggo
  • conngo
  • conog
  • ocngo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Congo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccongo1cnogo2cogno2conggo1conngo1conog2ocngo2
Edit distance from "Congo"

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 "Congo"?
"Congo" is spelled C-O-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ɡo\.
What does "Congo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Congo" means: Royaume africain, XIIᵉ-XVᵉ siècle jusqu’au XIXᵉ siècle.
What words are commonly confused with "Congo"?
"Congo" is commonly confused with "cons", "cont", "connu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Congo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Congo" is \kɔ̃.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Congo" come from?
"Congo" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

annuelle7 variantsjules7 variantstabac7 variantssuivie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list