tycoon

/tai.ˈkuːn/

//tai.ˈkuːn// noun

The verdict

“tycoon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,506 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,506
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - magnata dos negócios

Corpus desk

Index PT-tycoon · tycoon · Portuguese

tycoon · rank #82,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,506
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tório

Nearest frequency peer: tório (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tycoon”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tycoon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tycoon
PropertyValue
Headwordtycoon
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tai.ˈkuːn/
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tycoon” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tycooncai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tório” (#82,509), “tórrido” (#82,510), “usucapião” (#82,521). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tycoon” fica em #82,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tycoon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,506 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tai.ˈkuːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "magnata dos negócios".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tycoon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tycoon, spelled T-Y-C-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    magnata dos negócios

Synonyms

magnatemogul

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tycoon"?
"tycoon" is spelled T-Y-C-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /tai.ˈkuːn/.
What does "tycoon" mean?
As a noun, "tycoon" means: magnata dos negócios
How do you pronounce "tycoon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tycoon" is /tai.ˈkuːn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tycoon" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tycoon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list