dragonhead
noun
dragonhead is spelled D-R-A-G-O-N-H-E-A-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dragonhead means “Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dragonhead is dragonheads.
How many letters and syllables are in dragonhead?
| Letters | 10: D-R-A-G-O-N-H-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dragonhead?
Dragonhead appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 dragonhead?
Dragonhead has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dragonhead
- dragonheads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dragonhead mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum.
- 2
Dracocephalum moldavica, type species of the genus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dragonhead come from?
From dragon + head, a calque of translingual Dracocephalum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).