duodecagon

noun

"duodecagon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“duodecagon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of dodecagon.

Corpus desk

Index EN-duodecagon · duodecagon · English

duodecagon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for duodecagon
PropertyValue
Headwordduodecagon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “duodecagon” in English

duodecagonranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

duodecagon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of dodecagon.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for duodecagon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From duodeca- + -gon. The correct English form is duodecagon, spelled D-U-O-D-E-C-A-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of dodecagon.

Etymology

From duodeca- + -gon.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duodecagon"?
"duodecagon" is spelled D-U-O-D-E-C-A-G-O-N.
What does "duodecagon" mean?
As a noun, "duodecagon" means: Alternative form of dodecagon.
What is the origin of the word "duodecagon"?
From duodeca- + -gon. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list