coca

/[ˈkoka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,906

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

coca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada una de las dos partes en las que se divide el cabello largo de las mujeres, quedando la frente al descubierto y sujetándolo detrás de las orejas. Pronounced [ˈkoka]. It ranks #3,906 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with con and com.

Key facts for coca
PropertyValue
Headwordcoca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkoka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,906
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of coca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for coca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoka]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,906 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for coca, with forms such as "ccoa", "ccoca", and "coac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "com", "col", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is coca, spelled C-O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada una de las dos partes en las que se divide el cabello largo de las mujeres, quedando la frente al descubierto y sujetándolo detrás de las orejas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cabeza.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, golpe dado con los nudillos en la cabeza.
  4. 4
    Inteligencia.
  5. 5
    Golpe dado con la púa de un trompo sobre otro trompo.
  6. 6
    Vuelta que da un cabo ante una torsión excesiva.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoa,ccoca,coac,cocca,occa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coca

Misspelling Variants of "coca"

ccoa4ccoca5coac4cocca5occa4
Misspelling Variants of "coca"

Frequency rank: #3,906 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coca"?
"coca" is spelled C-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoka].
What does "coca" mean?
As a noun, "coca" means: Cada una de las dos partes en las que se divide el cabello largo de las mujeres, quedando la frente al descubierto y sujetándolo detrás de las orejas.
What words are commonly confused with "coca"?
"coca" is commonly confused with "con", "com", "col". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coca" is [ˈkoka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coca" come from?
"coca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.