coho salmon
"coho-salmon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coho salmon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coho salmon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coho salmon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coho salmon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)".
coho salmon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From coho + salmon. The correct English form is coho salmon, spelled C-O-H-O- -S-A-L-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Etymology
From coho + salmon.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coho salmon”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-H-O- -S-A-L-M-O-N - 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.