phong

\fɔŋ˦\

/\fɔŋ˦\/ verb

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The verdict

“phong” is uncommon French (frequency #90,024 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,024
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paquet; pli (parfois ne se traduit pas).

Corpus desk

Index FR-phong · phong · French

phong · rank #90,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,024
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH philologues

Nearest frequency peer: philologues (-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 « phong »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « phong » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for phong
PropertyValue
Headwordphong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔŋ˦\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « phong » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.phongtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « philologues » (#90,023), « phosphorescent » (#90,025), « Petry » (#90,022). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « phong » est au #90,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

phong is uncommon French at frequency #90,024 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɔŋ˦\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for phong, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is phong, spelled P-H-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paquet; pli (parfois ne se traduit pas).
  2. 2
    Envelopper.
  3. 3
    Épilepsie.
  4. 4
    Lèpre.
  5. 5
    Instituer; crér; nommer.
  6. 6
    Fieffer; donner en fief.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. phong thuốc lào
  2. Lấy giấy phong bánh mì

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 "phong"?
"phong" is spelled P-H-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔŋ˦\.
What does "phong" mean?
As a verb, "phong" means: Paquet; pli (parfois ne se traduit pas).
How do you pronounce "phong"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phong" is \fɔŋ˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "phong" come from?
"phong" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "phong", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Petry#90,022pedes#90,015pisan#90,033Panik#90,004

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list