coffee

/ˈkɒf.i/

//ˈkɒf.i// noun

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The verdict

“coffee” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,111
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bebida hecha a base de granos de café.

Corpus desk

Index ES-coffee · coffee · Spanish

coffee · rank #29,111 · 6 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,111
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocida

Nearest frequency peer: cocida (-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 “coffee”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “coffee” 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).

coffee vs cofre
67% similar
coffee vs confíe
67% similar
coffee vs cofres
67% similar

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

Key facts for coffee
PropertyValue
Headwordcoffee
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɒf.i/
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,111
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “coffee”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).coffeecae 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 “cocida” (#29,110), “Cobos” (#29,109), “cold” (#29,113). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “coffee” va en #29,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coffee (IPA /ˈkɒf.i/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,111 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bebida hecha a base de granos de café.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coffee, with forms such as "ccoffee", "cfofee", and "cofee". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cofre", "confíe", "cofres", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is coffee, spelled C-O-F-F-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bebida hecha a base de granos de café.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how coffee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I need to have coffee before I can function in the morning.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoffee
  • cfofee
  • cofee
  • cofefe
  • coffe
  • ocffee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coffee - 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.

ccoffee1cfofee2cofee1cofefe2coffe1ocffee2
Edit distance from "coffee"

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 "coffee"?
"coffee" is spelled C-O-F-F-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɒf.i/.
What does "coffee" mean?
As a noun, "coffee" means: Bebida hecha a base de granos de café.
What words are commonly confused with "coffee"?
"coffee" is commonly confused with "cofre", "confíe", "cofres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coffee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coffee" is /ˈkɒf.i/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coffee" come from?
"coffee" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cocida#29,110circle#29,103captan#29,093capita#29,091

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cold6 variantscliff6 variantsedema6 variantsamena6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list