tycoon
/tai.ˈkuːn/
The verdict
“tycoon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,506 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,506
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - magnata dos negócios
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tycoon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tai.ˈkuːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tycoon” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tycoon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,506 among 1,850 “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
- 1magnata dos negócios
Synonyms
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.
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Using “tycoon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Y-C-O-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.