daikon
/ˈdaɪkɒn/
"daikon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daikon” is an uncommon English word, ranked #89,277 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,277
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daikon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdaɪkɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “daikon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for daikon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdaɪkɒn/. Corpus data places it at rank #89,277 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for daikon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”). The correct English form is daikon, spelled D-A-I-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
- 2An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
- 3Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Etymology
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 “daikon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-I-K-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdaɪkɒn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.