Cora
/ˈkɔːɹə/
"cora" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cora” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,322
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cora · Cora · English
Cora · rank #20,322 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,322
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cornelius
Nearest frequency peer: Cornelius (+1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cora”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- competency
competency
79,684 corpus weight
- concerted
concerted
79,683 corpus weight
- cont
cont
79,681 corpus weight
- Cora
Cora
79,679 corpus weight
- Cornelius
Cornelius
79,678 corpus weight
- crotch
crotch
79,676 corpus weight
What this shows “Cora” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cora |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːɹə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cora”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Cora (IPA /ˈkɔːɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,322 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cora, with forms such as "ccora", "coar", and "corra". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CR", "cry", "cow", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Perseph… The correct English form is Cora, spelled C-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The youth had turned to speak to the dark-eyed Cora, when the distant sound of horses' hoofs, clattering over the roots of the broken way in his rear, caused him to check his charger; […].
"Where are you from originally, Coral?" "Indiana." "Lots of Corals out there, I bet." She hesitated, seemed about to flare, and then smiled instead, showing a little gap between two front teeth. "Well, it was Cora Lucille, I guess, " she said, still smiling, looking very much like a Cora Lucille in that moment. Hawes imagined pigtails tied with polka-dot…
Etymology
Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). It could also refer directly to κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccora
- coar
- corra
- croa
- ocra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cora - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cora", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).