tycoon
/taɪˈkuːn/noun
tycoon is spelled T-Y-C-O-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tycoon means “A wealthy and powerful business person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tycoon is tycoons.
How many letters and syllables are in tycoon?
| Letters | 6: T-Y-C-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tycoon?
Tycoon appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 tycoon?
- /taɪˈkuːn/
Tycoon 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tycoon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tycoon
- tycoons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tycoon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wealthy and powerful business person.
- 2
A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
- 3
A 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.
- 4
The first placer of Tycoon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tycoon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wealthy, powerful business person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | magnat, tycoon |
| German | Magnat, Tycoon, Mogul, Manager |
| Portuguese | magnata |
| Spanish | magnate, pez gordo |
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 tycoon come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 大君 (“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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).