Cointreau
/ˈkwæntɹəʊ/
"cointreau" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cointreau” is uncommon English (frequency #97,951 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,951
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in France.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cointreau |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwæntɹəʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cointreau” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cointreau is uncommon English at frequency #97,951 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkwæntɹəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in France.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cointreau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the Cointreau brothers, who set up a distillery in 1849 in Angers. The correct English form is Cointreau, spelled C-O-I-N-T-R-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1An orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in France.
Etymology
Named after the Cointreau brothers, who set up a distillery in 1849 in Angers.
This word in other languages
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-I-N-T-R-E-A-U - 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.