hong

^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,462
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compagnie de marchands chinois à Canton, qui ont le privilège de commercer avec les Européens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hong · hong · French

hong · rank #5,462 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,462
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH high

Nearest frequency peer: high (-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 « hong »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hong » 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).

hong vs hop
50% similar
hong vs hot
50% similar
hong vs how
50% similar

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

Key facts for hong
PropertyValue
Headwordhong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,462
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hong »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hongse 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 « high » (#5,461), « idiot » (#5,463), « géographie » (#5,460). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hong » est au #5,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hong (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,462 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Compagnie de marchands chinois à Canton, qui ont le privilège de commercer avec les Européens.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hong, with forms such as "hhong", "hnog", and "hogn". 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, "hop", "hot", "how", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hong, spelled H-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compagnie de marchands chinois à Canton, qui ont le privilège de commercer avec les Européens.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhong
  • hnog
  • hogn
  • hongg
  • honng
  • ohng

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hong - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhong1hnog2hogn2hongg1honng1ohng2
Edit distance from "hong"

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 "hong"?
"hong" is spelled H-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\.
What does "hong" mean?
As a noun, "hong" means: Compagnie de marchands chinois à Canton, qui ont le privilège de commercer avec les Européens.
What words are commonly confused with "hong"?
"hong" is commonly confused with "hop", "hot", "how". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hong" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hong" come from?
"hong" 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 "hong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

high#5,461FIFA#5,456look#5,474Emma#5,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

idiot6 variantsjoues6 variantsOttawa6 variantsBrian6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list