Cora
/ˈkɔːɹə/
"cora" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cora” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #20,322 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #20,322
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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) |
Where “Cora” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Cora is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔːɹə/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,322 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “Cora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔːɹə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CR” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cora vs CR
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.