Dickon
/ˈdɪkən/
"dickon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dickon” is uncommon English (frequency #92,531 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,531
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dickon · Dickon · English
Dickon · rank #92,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,531
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dices
Nearest frequency peer: dices (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Dickon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Democritus
Democritus
7,475 corpus weight
- demotic
demotic
7,474 corpus weight
- dices
dices
7,471 corpus weight
- Dickon
Dickon
7,470 corpus weight
- diener
diener
7,469 corpus weight
- dirham
dirham
7,467 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dickon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dickon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪkən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dickon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dickon is uncommon English at frequency #92,531 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdɪkən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dickon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Dickon, spelled D-I-C-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
- 2A male given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dickon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.
Dickon stood rubbing his rusty-red head with a rather puzzled look. "It's a secret garden sure enough," he said, "but seems like some one besides th' robin must have been in it since it was shut up ten year' ago."
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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