taipan
/ˈtaɪpæn/noun
taipan is spelled T-A-I-P-A-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, taipan means “Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of taipan is taipans.
How many letters and syllables are in taipan?
| Letters | 6: T-A-I-P-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th 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 taipan?
Taipan appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 taipan?
- UK /ˈtaɪpæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-taipan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with taipan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as taipan (/aɪpæn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: patina.
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 taipan
- taipans plural
- taepan
- tai-pan
- typan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does taipan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.
- 2
A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.
- 3
A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Taipan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Taipane |
| Portuguese | taipan |
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 taipan come from?
From Wik-Mungkan tay-pan (or dhayban).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).