# coon

> English word · Noun · IPA /kun/ · frequency rank #26,380

## Definitions
1. A black person.
2. A raccoon.
3. a black race traitor.
4. A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
5. A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
6. A sly fellow.
7. A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.

## Etymology
Clipping of raccoon.

## Easily confused with
- **cop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cop)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cox)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cor)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cot)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-coy)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cro)
- **CTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cto)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cov)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cost)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-copy)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-core)
- **cops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cops)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-corn)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-crop)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cope)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-coup)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cord)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccoon`, `cono`, `coonn`, `ocon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coon