tycoon
/taɪˈkuːn/
"tycoon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tycoon” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,711 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,711
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wealthy and powerful business person.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tycoon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /taɪˈkuːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tycoon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tycoon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /taɪˈkuːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,711 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tycoon, with forms such as "tcyoon", "ttycoon", and "tyccoon". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Tyson", "typhoon", "toon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster… The correct English form is tycoon, spelled T-Y-C-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A wealthy and powerful business person.
- 2A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
- 3A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
- 4The first placer of Tycoon.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tcyoon,ttycoon,tyccoon,tycon,tycono,tycoonn,tyocon,tyycoon,ytcoon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tycoon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “tycoon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-Y-C-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /taɪˈkuːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Tyson” - see the side-by-side comparison. tycoon vs Tyson
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.