ong

\ɔŋ˦\

/\ɔŋ˦\/ noun

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The verdict

“ong” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,860) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,860
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abeille (classificateur con).

Corpus desk

Index FR-ong · ong · French

ong · rank #6,860 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,860
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oise

Nearest frequency peer: Oise (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ong »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ong » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

ong vs ou
33% similar
ong vs or
33% similar
ong vs os
33% similar

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

Key facts for ong
PropertyValue
Headwordong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔŋ˦\
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ong »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ongse 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 « Oise » (#6,859), « opérer » (#6,861), « obstacle » (#6,858). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ong » est au #6,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ong is neighbouring look-alikes ("ou", "or", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɔŋ˦\. Frequency #6,860 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Abeille (classificateur con).".

Zero misspellings are on record for ong in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ou", "or", "os", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ong, spelled O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abeille (classificateur con).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. dụng cụ nuôi ong
  2. điều ong tiếng ve

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 "ong"?
"ong" is spelled O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔŋ˦\.
What does "ong" mean?
As a noun, "ong" means: Abeille (classificateur con).
What words are commonly confused with "ong"?
"ong" is commonly confused with "ou", "or", "os". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ong" is \ɔŋ˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ong" come from?
"ong" 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 "ong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouf#6,865Sex#6,888sun#6,897eva#6,822

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list