dragon
drag·on/ˈdɹæɡən/noun
dragon is spelled D-R-A-G-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (drag·on). It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dragon means “In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dragon is dragons.
How many letters and syllables are in dragon?
| Letters | 6: D-R-A-G-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: drag·on |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,558th 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 dragon?
Dragon appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th 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 dragon?
- /ˈdɹæɡən/
- [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡən] ~ [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡn̩]
- [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡn̩]
Dragon has 2 syllables, split drag·on in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-dragon.wav, En-us-dragon.ogg, En-au-dragon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dragon
Also written: drag on (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dragon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dragon.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gardon.
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 dragon
- dragons plural
- dwagon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dragon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- 2
In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- 3
obsoleteA very large snake; a python.
- 4
Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
- 5
A Komodo dragon.
- 6
A sea dragon.
- 7
The constellation Draco.
- 8
derogatoryA fierce and unpleasant woman.
She’s a bit of a dragon.
- 9
slangSynonym of drag queen.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate dragon?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of dragon: drag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dragon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mythical creature:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dragon come from?
From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).