cojones

/[koˈxones]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,683

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

cojones is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de cojón. Pronounced [koˈxones]. It ranks #7,683 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with comunes and coronel.

Key facts for cojones
PropertyValue
Headwordcojones
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈxones]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,683
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cojones in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cojones is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈxones]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,683 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de cojón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cojones, with forms such as "ccojones", "cjoones", and "cojjones". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "comunes", "coronel", "conoces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cojones, spelled C-O-J-O-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de cojón.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccojones,cjoones,cojjones,cojnoes,cojoens,cojoness,cojonnes,cojonse,coojnes,ocjones

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cojones

Misspelling Variants of "cojones"

ccojones8cjoones7cojjones8cojnoes7cojoens7cojoness8cojonnes8cojonse7
Misspelling Variants of "cojones"

Frequency rank: #7,683 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cojones"?
"cojones" is spelled C-O-J-O-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈxones].
What does "cojones" mean?
As a noun, "cojones" means: Forma del plural de cojón.
What words are commonly confused with "cojones"?
"cojones" is commonly confused with "comunes", "coronel", "conoces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cojones"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cojones" is [koˈxones]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cojones" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.