falcon
/ˈfælkən/noun, verb
falcon is spelled F-A-L-C-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, falcon means “Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of falcon is falcons.
How many letters and syllables are in falcon?
| Letters | 6: F-A-L-C-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 falcon?
Falcon appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 falcon?
- UK /ˈfɔː(l)kən/
- UK /ˈfɒlkən/
- US /ˈfælkən/
Falcon has 2 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). Recordings: En-us-falcon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with falcon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as falcon (/ælkən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: flacon.
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 falcon
- falcons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- falconing participle, present
- falconed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does falcon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- 2
Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
- 3
A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- 4
A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.
verb
- 1
To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Falcon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faucon |
| German | Falke , Falknerei betreiben, Beizjagd betreiben |
| Portuguese | falcão |
| Spanish | halcón, falcón (disused) |
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 falcon come from?
Inherited from Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falkō (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).