CofE
/ˌsiːəvˈiː/
"cofe" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CofE” is uncommon English (frequency #94,692 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,692
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of Church of England; also C of E.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CofE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsiːəvˈiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “CofE” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
CofE is uncommon English at frequency #94,692 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌsiːəvˈiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of Church of England; also C of E.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for CofE, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is CofE, spelled C-O-F-E.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of Church of England; also C of E.
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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Using “CofE”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.