cocuyo
[koˈkuʝo]
The verdict
“cocuyo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,017 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,017
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pyrophorus noctilucus) Insecto del orden de los coleópteros, de unos 3cm, color café, capaz de producir bioluminiscencia al igual que las luciérnagas, aunque no está emparentado con ellas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cocuyo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈkuʝo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cocuyo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cocuyo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,017 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈkuʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cocuyo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cocuyo, spelled C-O-C-U-Y-O.
Definition
- 1(Pyrophorus noctilucus) Insecto del orden de los coleópteros, de unos 3cm, color café, capaz de producir bioluminiscencia al igual que las luciérnagas, aunque no está emparentado con ellas.
- 2(Rondeletia angustata) Árbol de unos 10 metros de alto, hojas lanceoladas, fruto pequeño, madera dura empleada en construcciones rústicas.
- 3(Agave americana) Planta de la familia de las amarilidáceas con grandes hojas basales, pencas, carnosas, terminadas en punta y con bordes espinosos. En medicina natural se usan las hojas y raíces como diurético, contra la hepatitis e ictericia, contra los trastornos digestivos; el jugo y la savia de las hojas en compresas contra las infecciones.
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 “cocuyo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-U-Y-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈkuʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.