dugong
/ˈduɡɑŋ/noun
dugong is spelled D-U-G-O-N-G: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dugong means “A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dugong is dugongs.
How many letters and syllables are in dugong?
| Letters | 6: D-U-G-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dugong?
Dugong appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th 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 dugong?
- US /ˈduɡɑŋ/
- UK /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dugong.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dugong
- dugongs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dugong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail.
- 2
Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dugong in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Dugong dugon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vache marine, dugong |
| German | Gabelschwanzseekuh, Dugong |
| Portuguese | dugongo |
| Spanish | dugongo |
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 dugong come from?
Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).