cocodrilo
[kokoˈð̞ɾilo]
The verdict
“cocodrilo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (familia Crocodylidae) Cualquiera de 14 especies de reptiles anfibios, de piel escamosa y seca, cuerpo alargado con poderosa cola y largas mandíbulas con fuertes dientes con las que capturan a su p...
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 | cocodrilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kokoˈð̞ɾilo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cocodrilo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around cocodrilo (IPA [kokoˈð̞ɾilo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,636 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(familia Crocodylidae) Cualquiera de 14 especies de reptiles anfibios, de piel escamosa y seca, cuerpo alargado con poderosa cola y largas mandíbulas con fuertes dientes con las que capturan a su p...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cocodrilo, with forms such as "ccocodrilo", "ccoodrilo", and "coccodrilo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cocodrilos", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cocodrilo, spelled C-O-C-O-D-R-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1(familia Crocodylidae) Cualquiera de 14 especies de reptiles anfibios, de piel escamosa y seca, cuerpo alargado con poderosa cola y largas mandíbulas con fuertes dientes con las que capturan a su presa.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccocodrilo
- ccoodrilo
- coccodrilo
- cocdorilo
- cocoddrilo
- cocodirlo
- cocodrillo
- cocodriol
- cocodrlio
- cocodrrilo
- cocordilo
- coocdrilo
- occodrilo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cocodrilo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cocodrilo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-O-D-R-I-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kokoˈð̞ɾilo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cocodrilos” - see the side-by-side comparison. cocodrilo vs cocodrilos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.