koko
"koko" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“koko” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,561) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,561
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tree Albizia lebbeck.
Corpus desk
Index EN-koko · koko · English
koko · rank #34,561 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,561
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Klux
Nearest frequency peer: Klux (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “koko”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Klux
Klux
65,441 corpus weight
- koko
koko
65,440 corpus weight
- Krueger
Krueger
65,439 corpus weight
- leary
leary
65,437 corpus weight
- legumes
legumes
65,436 corpus weight
- lengthening
lengthening
65,435 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “koko” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | koko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “koko”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for koko is neighbouring look-alikes ("Kos", "Koo", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #34,561 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Gloss: "The tree Albizia lebbeck.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for koko, with forms such as "kkoko", "kkoo", and "kokko". 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, "Kos", "Koo", "kor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Cf. Burmese ကုက္ကို (kukkui). The correct English form is koko, spelled K-O-K-O.
Definition
- 1The tree Albizia lebbeck.
Etymology
Cf. Burmese ကုက္ကို (kukkui).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkoko
- kkoo
- kokko
- okko
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of koko - 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 "koko", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).