cokes

noun

"cokes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cokes” is uncommon English (frequency #54,084 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,084
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A simpleton; a dupe

Key facts for cokes
PropertyValue
Headwordcokes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cokes” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cokes lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cokes is uncommon English at frequency #54,084 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A simpleton; a dupe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cokes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Compare coax. The correct English form is cokes, spelled C-O-K-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A simpleton; a dupe

Etymology

Compare coax.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cokes"?
"cokes" is spelled C-O-K-E-S.
What does "cokes" mean?
As a noun, "cokes" means: A simpleton; a dupe
What is the origin of the word "cokes"?
Compare coax. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “cokes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-K-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list