cooking

/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/

//ˈkʊk.ɪŋ// noun

The verdict

“cooking” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,181 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,181
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cocina.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cooking · cooking · Spanish

cooking · rank #62,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,181
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH convention

Nearest frequency peer: convention (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cooking”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cooking” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cooking
PropertyValue
Headwordcooking
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cooking” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cookingcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “convention” (#62,180), “convencidas” (#62,179), “coparon” (#62,183). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cooking” va en #62,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cooking is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,181 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cooking, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cooking, spelled C-O-O-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cocina.
  2. 2
    Guisadera.
  3. 3
    Cocer.
  4. 4
    Sazón

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 "cooking"?
"cooking" is spelled C-O-O-K-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/.
What does "cooking" mean?
As a noun, "cooking" means: Cocina.
How do you pronounce "cooking"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cooking" is /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list