cocaine
co·caine/koʊˈkeɪn/noun, verb
cocaine is spelled C-O-C-A-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (co·caine). It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cocaine means “An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cocaine is cocaines.
How many letters and syllables are in cocaine?
| Letters | 7: C-O-C-A-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·caine |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cocaine?
Cocaine appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cocaine?
- UK /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
- UK /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/
- US /koʊˈkeɪn/
Cocaine has 2 syllables, split co·caine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cocaine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cocaine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cocaine from its last stressed vowel (/eɪn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: oceanic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cocaine
- cocaines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cocaining participle, present
- cocained participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cocaine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
- 2
The powder form of this drug, specifically.
- 3
Any chemical derivative of this drug.
verb
- 1
Synonym of cocainize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cocaine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the narcotic:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cocaine come from?
From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).