Mékong

\me.kɔ̃ŋ\

/\me.kɔ̃ŋ\/ name

The verdict

“Mékong” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,437
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand fleuve d’Asie du Sud-Est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mekong · Mékong · French

Mékong · rank #38,437 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,437
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mégane

Nearest frequency peer: Mégane (-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 « Mékong »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Mékong » 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).

Mékong vs meng
33% similar
Mékong vs menons
33% similar
Mékong vs making
50% similar

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

Key facts for Mékong
PropertyValue
HeadwordMékong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\me.kɔ̃ŋ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,437
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mékong »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Mékongse 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 « Mégane » (#38,436), « métallurgique » (#38,438), « métastases » (#38,439). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mékong » est au #38,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Mékong (IPA \me.kɔ̃ŋ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,437 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grand fleuve d’Asie du Sud-Est.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mékong, with forms such as "mekong", "mkéong", and "mmékong". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "meng", "menons", "making", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mékong, spelled M-É-K-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand fleuve d’Asie du Sud-Est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «Les connexions de trafiquants entre les syndicats actifs dans le Mékong, notamment en Thaïlande, et Taïwan sont anciennes et fortes», a expliqué M. Douglas à l’AFP.
  2. Un pêcheur cambodgien a capturé dans le Mékong le plus gros poisson d’eau douce jamais enregistré d’après des scientifiques, une raie géante de 300 kilos (661 livres).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mekong
  • mkéong
  • mmékong
  • mékkong
  • méknog
  • mékogn
  • mékongg
  • mékonng
  • méokng
  • émkong

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mékong - 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.

mekong1mkéong2mmékong1mékkong1méknog2mékogn2mékongg1mékonng1
Edit distance from "Mékong"

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 "Mékong"?
"Mékong" is spelled M-É-K-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \me.kɔ̃ŋ\.
What does "Mékong" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mékong" means: Grand fleuve d’Asie du Sud-Est.
What words are commonly confused with "Mékong"?
"Mékong" is commonly confused with "meng", "menons", "making". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mékong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mékong" is \me.kɔ̃ŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mékong" come from?
"Mékong" 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 "Mékong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list