# cognac

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.jæk/ · frequency rank #31,920

## Definitions
1. A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, a city in France, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom.

## Easily confused with
- **Conan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognac-vs-conan)
- **Cormac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognac-vs-cormac)
- **cognate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognac-vs-cognate)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccognac`, `cgonac`, `coganc`, `coggnac`, `cognacc`, `cognca`, `cognnac`, `congac`, `ocgnac`

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