cotinga
noun
cotinga is spelled C-O-T-I-N-G-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cotinga means “Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cotinga is cotingas.
How many letters and syllables are in cotinga?
| Letters | 7: C-O-T-I-N-G-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cotinga?
Cotinga appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with cotinga?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cotinga.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coating.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cotinga
- cotingas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cotinga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cotinga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cotinga come from?
From New Latin cotinga, from Old Tupi cutinga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).