Cola

/[ˈkoːla]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,928

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Cola is aGermannoun. It means: koffein- und zuckerhaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk; Kurzwort für Coca Cola Pronounced [ˈkoːla]. It ranks #5,928 in German word frequency. Often confused with con and com.

Key facts for Cola
PropertyValue
HeadwordCola
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkoːla]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,928
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Cola is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoːla]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,928 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "koffein- und zuckerhaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk; Kurzwort für Coca Cola".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Cola, with forms such as "ccola", "cloa", and "coal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "com", "COP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Cola, spelled C-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    koffein- und zuckerhaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk; Kurzwort für Coca Cola

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccola,cloa,coal,colla,ocla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Cola

Misspelling Variants of "Cola"

ccola5cloa4coal4colla5ocla4
Misspelling Variants of "Cola"

Frequency rank: #5,928 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cola"?
"Cola" is spelled C-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoːla].
What does "Cola" mean?
As a noun, "Cola" means: koffein- und zuckerhaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk; Kurzwort für Coca Cola
What words are commonly confused with "Cola"?
"Cola" is commonly confused with "con", "com", "COP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cola" is [ˈkoːla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cola" come from?
"Cola" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.