troon
/ˈtɹuːn/
"troon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“troon” is uncommon English (frequency #67,909 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,909
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹuːn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “troon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
troon is uncommon English at frequency #67,909 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹuːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transgender person, especially a trans woman.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for troon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English… The correct English form is troon, spelled T-R-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A transgender person, especially a trans woman.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gone? English gooney English goon blend English troon Blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “troon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɹuːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.