# cisco

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪskəʊ/ · frequency rank #15,128

## Definitions
1. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.

## Etymology
From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

## Easily confused with
- **coco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cisco-vs-coco)
- **Cristo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cisco-vs-cristo)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cis-vs-cisco)
- **ciao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ciao-vs-cisco)
- **circa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/circa-vs-cisco)
- **chico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chico-vs-cisco)
- **Cinco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinco-vs-cisco)
- **cinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinch-vs-cisco)
- **choco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choco-vs-cisco)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccisco`, `cicso`, `ciscco`, `cisoc`, `cissco`, `csico`, `icsco`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cisco