lagoon
/ləˈɡuːn/noun
lagoon is spelled L-A-G-O-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lagoon means “A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lagoon is lagoons.
How many letters and syllables are in lagoon?
| Letters | 6: L-A-G-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 lagoon?
Lagoon appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 lagoon?
- US /ləˈɡuːn/
Lagoon 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-lagoon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lagoon?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lagoon from its last stressed vowel (/un/):
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 lagoon
- lagoons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lagoon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lagoon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shallow body of water:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lagon, lagune, étang |
| German | Lagune |
| Portuguese | laguna, albufeira |
| Spanish | laguna, estero, albufera, albina, albariza, cucha |
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 lagoon come from?
Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).