mong
\mɔ̃ŋ\
The verdict
“mong” is uncommon French (frequency #60,216 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,216
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de hmong.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mong · mong · French
mong · rank #60,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,216
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH monnayer
Nearest frequency peer: monnayer (+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 « mong »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- moisis
moisis
39,789 corpus weight
- moissonneuse
moissonneuse
39,788 corpus weight
- Molières
Molières
39,787 corpus weight
- mong
mong
39,785 corpus weight
- monnayer
monnayer
39,784 corpus weight
- Montpetit
Montpetit
39,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mong » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃ŋ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mong » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mong is uncommon French at frequency #60,216 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃ŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de hmong.".
mong doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mong, spelled M-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Variante de hmong.
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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