cochlear
/ˈkɒk.li.ə/
"cochlear" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cochlear” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,251
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cochlear · cochlear · English
cochlear · rank #39,251 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,251
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clutched
Nearest frequency peer: clutched (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cochlear”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- claret
claret
60,754 corpus weight
- cloister
cloister
60,753 corpus weight
- clothe
clothe
60,752 corpus weight
- clutched
clutched
60,751 corpus weight
- cochlear
cochlear
60,750 corpus weight
- concomitant
concomitant
60,746 corpus weight
What this shows “cochlear” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cochlear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɒk.li.ə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cochlear”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cochlear (IPA /ˈkɒk.li.ə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,251 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or pertaining to the cochlea.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cochlear, with forms such as "ccochlear", "ccohlear", and "cocchlear". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cochlea + -ar. The correct English form is cochlear, spelled C-O-C-H-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
Etymology
From cochlea + -ar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccochlear
- ccohlear
- cocchlear
- cochelar
- cochhlear
- cochlaer
- cochlearr
- cochlera
- cochllear
- coclhear
- cohclear
- occhlear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cochlear - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cochlear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).