alicorn
al·i·corn/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/noun
alicorn is spelled A-L-I-C-O-R-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables (al·i·corn). It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alicorn means “The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alicorn is alicorns.
How many letters and syllables are in alicorn?
| Letters | 7: A-L-I-C-O-R-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: al·i·corn |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is alicorn?
Alicorn appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce alicorn?
- US /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/
- UK /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/
Alicorn has 3 syllables, split al·i·corn in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-alicorn.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with alicorn?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as alicorn (/ælɪkɔɹn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: clarion, carolin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of alicorn
- alicorns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alicorn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA unicorn.
- 2
The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
- 3
proscribedA mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alicorn come from?
Borrowed from Italian alicorno.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).