coexistence

Name: coexistence, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“coexistence” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,736
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

Corpus desk

Index EN-coexistence · coexistence · English

coexistence · rank #32,736 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #32,736
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH coed

Nearest frequency peer: coed (-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.

chinook

67,270
CME

67,268
coed

67,266
coexistence

67,265
coiled

67,263
Coimbatore

67,262

What this shows “coexistence” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for coexistence
Property	Value
Headword	coexistence
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#32,736
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “coexistence”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).coexistencelands here:

#32,736

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “coed” (#32,735), “coiled” (#32,738), “CME” (#32,733). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “coexistence” is #32,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around coexistence, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,736 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for coexistence, with forms such as "ccoexistence", "ceoxistence", and "coeixstence". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From co- + existence. The correct English form is coexistence, spelled C-O-E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-E.

Definition

1
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coexistence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Cadieux agreed peaceful coexistence was possible.
The day of horror Israel has just experienced signals the end of the Netanyahu experiment in violent coexistence.

Etymology

From co- + existence.

This word in other languages

coexistencia(Español)coexistence(Français)Koexistenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccoexistence
ceoxistence
coeixstence
coexisetnce
coexisstence
coexistance
coexistecne
coexistencce
coexistenec
coexistennce
coexistnece
coexisttence
coexitsence
coexsitence
coexxistence
coxeistence
ocexistence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coexistence - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "coexistence"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coexistence"?

"coexistence" is spelled C-O-E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-E.

What does "coexistence" mean?

As a noun, "coexistence" means: The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

What are common misspellings of "coexistence"?

Common misspellings include "ccoexistence", "ceoxistence", "coeixstence", "coexisetnce", "coexisstence". The correct spelling is "coexistence".

What is the origin of the word "coexistence"?

From co- + existence. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coexistence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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