Typhon
/ˈtaɪfɒn/
"typhon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Typhon” is uncommon English (frequency #80,987 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,987
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Typhon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪfɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Typhon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Typhon is uncommon English at frequency #80,987 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtaɪfɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ...".
Typhon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn). The correct English form is Typhon, spelled T-Y-P-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn).
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 “Typhon”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-Y-P-H-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.