cocina

[koˈsina]

/[koˈsina]/ noun

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The verdict

“cocina” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,669
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitación o recinto destinado a la elaboración y cocción de alimentos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cocina · cocina · Spanish

cocina · rank #1,669 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,669
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cierta

Nearest frequency peer: cierta (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cocina”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cocina” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cocina vs coña
50% similar
cocina vs coin
67% similar
cocina vs copia
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cocina
PropertyValue
Headwordcocina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈsina]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,669
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cocina”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cocinacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cierta” (#1,668), “comité” (#1,670), “aspecto” (#1,667). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cocina” va en #1,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cocina (IPA [koˈsina]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,669 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cocina, with forms such as "ccocina", "ccoina", and "coccina". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coña", "coin", "copia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cocina, spelled C-O-C-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitación o recinto destinado a la elaboración y cocción de alimentos.
  2. 2
    Aparato para la cocción de alimentos, dotado habitualmente de un horno y uno o más fogones alimentados a leña, gas o electricidad.
  3. 3
    Técnica y estilo de la preparación de los alimentos.
  4. 4
    Jugo que resulta de la cocción de alimentos en un medio líquido y que es la base de las sopas.
  5. 5
    Manjar a base de verdura y legumbres servidas con su cocina₄.
  6. 6
    Entre los políticos, lugar en el que acuerdan tener reuniones secretas para concretar negociaciones confidenciales a expensas del resto de los políticos y la sociedad.

Synonyms

anafeencimeragrillhornillovitrocerámicaculinariagastronomíacaldomenestrapotaje

This word in other languages

kitchen(English)cuisine(Français)Küche(Deutsch)cozinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccocina
  • ccoina
  • coccina
  • cocian
  • cocinna
  • cocnia
  • coicna
  • cosina
  • occina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cocina - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccocina1ccoina2coccina1cocian2cocinna1cocnia2coicna2cosina1
Edit distance from "cocina"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocina"?
"cocina" is spelled C-O-C-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈsina].
What does "cocina" mean?
As a noun, "cocina" means: Habitación o recinto destinado a la elaboración y cocción de alimentos.
What words are commonly confused with "cocina"?
"cocina" is commonly confused with "coña", "coin", "copia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocina" is [koˈsina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocina" come from?
"cocina" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cocina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cierta#1,668comité#1,670física#1,678jueves#1,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

antigua9 variantsnovela9 variantsparecía9 variantsUruguay9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list