# dragon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹæɡən/ · frequency rank #3,555

## Definitions
1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
2. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
3. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
4. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
5. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
6. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
7. The constellation Draco.
8. A fierce and unpleasant woman.
9. An unattractive woman.
10. The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
11. Something very formidable or dangerous.
12. A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
13. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
14. A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
15. A background process similar to a daemon.
16. A variety of carrier pigeon.

## Etymology
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”). Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, dracone, and dragoon.

## Easily confused with
- **drawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragon-vs-drawn)
- **drain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragon-vs-drain)
- **drags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragon-vs-drags)
- **Drayton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragon-vs-drayton)
- **dragoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragon-vs-dragoon)
- **drag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drag-vs-dragon)
- **Damon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damon-vs-dragon)
- **draco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draco-vs-dragon)
- **Drago** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drago-vs-dragon)
- **deacon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deacon-vs-dragon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`dargon`, `ddragon`, `draggon`, `dragno`, `dragonn`, `draogn`, `drgaon`, `drragon`, `rdagon`

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