gong
\ɡɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“gong” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,337 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,337
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Percussion d’Extrême-Orient, composée d’un disque de métal dont on tire des sons retentissants en le frappant avec une baguette garnie de peau.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gong” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gong is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ̃ɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,337 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gong, with forms such as "ggong", "gnog", and "gogn". 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, "got", "gun", "goo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gong, spelled G-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Percussion d’Extrême-Orient, composée d’un disque de métal dont on tire des sons retentissants en le frappant avec une baguette garnie de peau.
- 2Dispositif de forme analogue dont on se sert comme signal.
- 3Timbre métallique ou sonnerie.
- 4Timbre retentissant annonçant le début ou la fin d'un round de boxe.
- 5Symbole de la fatalité, de la fin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggong,gnog,gogn,gongg,gonng,ogng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gong - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “gong”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡɔ̃ɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “got” - see the side-by-side comparison. gong vs got
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.