coco
[ˈkoko]
The verdict
“coco” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,497 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,497
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Cocos nucifera) Palmera pantropical, única de su género, que crece en hábitats arenosos y salinos. Alcanza los 30 m de altura, con hojas pinnadas de hasta 6 m de largo. Se aprovecha extensamente, ...
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 | coco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoko] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for coco is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoko]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,497 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for coco, with forms such as "ccoco", "ccoo", and "cocco". 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, "con", "com", "col", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is coco, spelled C-O-C-O.
Definition
- 1(Cocos nucifera) Palmera pantropical, única de su género, que crece en hábitats arenosos y salinos. Alcanza los 30 m de altura, con hojas pinnadas de hasta 6 m de largo. Se aprovecha extensamente, utilizándose la fibra de sus hojas para fuertes tejidos y sobre todo la pulpa de su fruto, una drupa fibrosa, en alimentación.
- 2Fruta de esta palmera, de forma esférica y superficie castaño oscuro, de la que se aprovecha tanto el mesocarpo fibroso como la semilla, blanca y dulce, que se come fresca o se seca y prensa para producir copra. El líquido que el fruto verde guarda en su interior se bebe como refresco.
- 3Figurativamente, cabeza del ser humano.
- 4Figura fantasmal de las leyendas portuguesas, que figura ostensiblemente en las historias moralizantes contadas a los niños.
- 5Gónada del animal macho, que produce el esperma.
- 6Insecto coleóptero.
- 7Seno de la mujer.
- 8Coscorrón, golpe dado en la cabeza con los nudillos.
- 9Genitales de la mujer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoco,ccoo,cocco,cooc,occo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coco - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkoko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “con” - see the side-by-side comparison. coco vs con
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.