copra
/ˈkɒ.pɹə/
"copra" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“copra” is uncommon English (frequency #79,408 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,408
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
Corpus desk
Index EN-copra · copra · English
copra · rank #79,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,408
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cornflower
Nearest frequency peer: cornflower (+3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “copra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- compleat
compleat
20,598 corpus weight
- compositor
compositor
20,597 corpus weight
- copra
copra
20,593 corpus weight
- cornflower
cornflower
20,590 corpus weight
- corniche
corniche
20,589 corpus weight
- corruptible
corruptible
20,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “copra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | copra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒ.pɹə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “copra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
copra is uncommon English at frequency #79,408 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒ.pɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.".
copra doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā). The correct English form is copra, spelled C-O-P-R-A.
Definition
- 1The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how copra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.
She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā).
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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