racoon

Questions about racoon

What does racoon mean?

racoon means "an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America".

How many syllables are in racoon?

racoon has 2 syllables and divides as ra-coon under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for racoon?

Close synonyms include raccoon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is racoon a common word?

racoon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.