coho
/ˈkəʊhəʊ/
"coho" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coho” is uncommon English (frequency #62,782 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,782
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkəʊhəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coho” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coho is uncommon English at frequency #62,782 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkəʊhəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coho, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: The earlier spelling "cohose" was re-interpreted as a plural form (for a similar development, see pea). From Halkomelem. The correct English form is coho, spelled C-O-H-O.
Definition
- 1An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
Etymology
The earlier spelling "cohose" was re-interpreted as a plural form (for a similar development, see pea). From Halkomelem.
Synonyms
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 “coho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.