cooee
/ˈkuːʷiː/
"cooee" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cooee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cooee · cooee · English
cooee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cooee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkuːʷiː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cooee” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cooee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkuːʷiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cooee in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dharug guuu-wi, adopted into English by white settlers in Australia from 1790. The correct English form is cooee, spelled C-O-O-E-E.
Definition
- 1A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
- 2A short distance; hailing distance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cooee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then they heard in the distance the "coo-ee" of a white man, which was instantly answered by another "coo-ee".
I call out, “Coo-ee” with long Coo and short ee like whip-bird call. Everybody in my mob know my cooee. Any one of my mob hear that, they give me cooee back. I listen. No cooee come back.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug guuu-wi, adopted into English by white settlers in Australia from 1790.
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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