Dagon
/ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn/
"dagon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dagon” is uncommon English (frequency #55,368 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,368
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The main god of the Phoenicians. Although at one time believed to be represented as half man and half fish, modern scholarship recognizes that the latter was the apkallu, while Dagan/Dagon was a gr...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dagon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dagon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dagon is uncommon English at frequency #55,368 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The main god of the Phoenicians. Although at one time believed to be represented as half man and half fish, modern scholarship recognizes that the latter was the apkallu, while Dagan/Dagon was a gr...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dagon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew דגון. The correct English form is Dagon, spelled D-A-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1The main god of the Phoenicians. Although at one time believed to be represented as half man and half fish, modern scholarship recognizes that the latter was the apkallu, while Dagan/Dagon was a grain god.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew דגון.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Dagon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-G-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.