racon
noun
racon is spelled R-A-C-O-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, racon means “A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of racon is racons.
How many letters and syllables are in racon?
| Letters | 5: R-A-C-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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; 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 racon?
Racon appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
What rhymes with racon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as racon.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: acorn, caron, narco.
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 racon
- racons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does racon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does racon come from?
Blend of radar + beacon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).