cognac
[kɔ.ɲak]
The verdict
“cognac” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,987
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kognak
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cognac |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔ.ɲak] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cognac” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cognac (IPA [kɔ.ɲak]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,987 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Kognak".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cognac, with forms such as "ccognac", "cgonac", and "coganc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is cognac, spelled C-O-G-N-A-C.
Definition
- 1Kognak
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccognac,cgonac,coganc,coggnac,cognacc,cognca,cognnac,congac,ocgnac
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cognac - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cognac”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-G-N-A-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔ.ɲak] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.