# Cochin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,739

## Definitions
1. Former name of Kochi: a city in Kerala, India.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam കൊച്ചി (kocci).

## Easily confused with
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-coin)
- **Cohn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-cohn)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-colin)
- **Cohen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-cohen)
- **cousin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-cousin)
- **coffin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-coffin)
- **Corbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-corbin)
- **cocoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-cocoon)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-collin)
- **Cochran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cochin-vs-cochran)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cochin)
- **Cobain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cobain-vs-cochin)
- **cocaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocaine-vs-cochin)
- **caching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caching-vs-cochin)
- **coaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coaching-vs-cochin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccochin`, `ccohin`, `cocchin`, `cochhin`, `cochinn`, `cochni`, `cocihn`, `cohcin`, `occhin`

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