Kokon
[koˈkɔ̃ː]
The verdict
“Kokon” is uncommon German (frequency #50,633 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,633
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schutzhülle eines Insekts, einer Spinne oder eines Wurms während des Übergangs zwischen Entwicklungsstadien
Corpus desk
Index DE-kokon · Kokon · German
Kokon · rank #50,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,633
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kniegelenk
Nearest frequency peer: Kniegelenk (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kokon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kleidchen
Kleidchen
49,371 corpus weight
- knickt
knickt
49,370 corpus weight
- Kniegelenk
Kniegelenk
49,369 corpus weight
- Kokon
Kokon
49,368 corpus weight
- Koloss
Koloss
49,367 corpus weight
- Kolumbiens
Kolumbiens
49,366 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kokon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kokon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈkɔ̃ː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kokon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kokon is uncommon German at frequency #50,633 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈkɔ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schutzhülle eines Insekts, einer Spinne oder eines Wurms während des Übergangs zwischen Entwicklungsstadien".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kokon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kokon, spelled K-O-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1Schutzhülle eines Insekts, einer Spinne oder eines Wurms während des Übergangs zwischen Entwicklungsstadien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kokon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Überlieferung nach studierte die Kaiserin vor fast 5000 Jahren jene Raupen, die sich einen Kokon aus Seide spinnen.“
„Die beiden lateinischen Worte umspannten ihr Leben wie ein Kokon, denn es war tatsächlich nichts anderes als eine Folge falscher Entscheidungen.“
This word in other languages
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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