# Cora

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɔːɹə/ · frequency rank #20,322

## Definitions
1. A 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cr)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cry)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cox)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cpr)
- **CPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cpa)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cot)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-csr)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-coz)
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-csa)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-coy)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-crm)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cur)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cro)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cta)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cov)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccora`, `coar`, `corra`, `croa`, `ocra`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cora