cocaína

/[kokaˈina]/ noun

The verdict

“cocaína” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,775 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#8,775
frequency rank, Spanish
7
letters
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Principio activo de la coca extraído en forma de clorhidrato, usado como medicamento y en especial como droga recreativa

Key facts for cocaína
PropertyValue
Headwordcocaína
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kokaˈina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,775
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cocaína” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cocaína lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cocaína is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kokaˈina]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,775 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Principio activo de la coca extraído en forma de clorhidrato, usado como medicamento y en especial como droga recreativa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cocaína, with forms such as "ccoaína", "ccocaína", and "coacína". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cocina", "colina", "cocino", 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 cocaína, spelled C-O-C-A-Í-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Principio activo de la coca extraído en forma de clorhidrato, usado como medicamento y en especial como droga recreativa

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoaína,ccocaína,coacína,cocanía,cocaían,cocaínna,coccaína,cocíana,occaína

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cocaína — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "cocaína"

ccoaína2ccocaína1coacína2cocanía2cocaían2cocaínna1coccaína1cocíana2
Edit distance from "cocaína"

Frequency rank: #8,775 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocaína"?
"cocaína" is spelled C-O-C-A-Í-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kokaˈina].
What does "cocaína" mean?
As a noun, "cocaína" means: Principio activo de la coca extraído en forma de clorhidrato, usado como medicamento y en especial como droga recreativa
What words are commonly confused with "cocaína"?
"cocaína" is commonly confused with "cocina", "colina", "cocino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocaína"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocaína" is [kokaˈina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocaína" come from?
"cocaína" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “cocaína”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-A-Í-N-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kokaˈina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “cocina” — see the side-by-side comparison. cocaína vs cocina
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.