cognac

/[kɔ.ɲak]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,987

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cognac is aGermannoun. It means: Kognak Pronounced [kɔ.ɲak].

Key facts for cognac
PropertyValue
Headwordcognac
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔ.ɲak]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,987
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cognac in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for cognac is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔ.ɲak]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,987 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kognak".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cognac, with forms such as "ccognac", "cgonac", and "coganc". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is cognac, spelled C-O-G-N-A-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kognak

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccognac,cgonac,coganc,coggnac,cognacc,cognca,cognnac,congac,ocgnac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cognac

Misspelling Variants of "cognac"

ccognac7cgonac6coganc6coggnac7cognacc7cognca6cognnac7congac6
Misspelling Variants of "cognac"

Frequency rank: #30,987 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cognac"?
"cognac" is spelled C-O-G-N-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔ.ɲak].
What does "cognac" mean?
As a noun, "cognac" means: Kognak
What are common misspellings of "cognac"?
Common misspellings include "ccognac", "cgonac", "coganc", "coggnac", "cognacc". The correct spelling is "cognac".
How do you pronounce "cognac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cognac" is [kɔ.ɲak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cognac" come from?
"cognac" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.