cobra

\kɔ.bʁa\

/\kɔ.bʁa\/ noun

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The verdict

“cobra” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,800
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire ambigu donné à cinq genres de serpents venimeux d’Afrique et d’Asie, de la famille des élapidés, et qui se distinguent par leur habitude de se dresser verticalement en position de ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cobra · cobra · French

cobra · rank #22,800 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,800
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Clyde

Nearest frequency peer: Clyde (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cobra »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cobra » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

cobra vs cor
60% similar
cobra vs cra
60% similar
cobra vs cour
60% similar

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

Key facts for cobra
PropertyValue
Headwordcobra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.bʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,800
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cobra »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cobrase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Clyde » (#22,799), « citerne » (#22,798), « combinées » (#22,802). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cobra » est au #22,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cobra (IPA \kɔ.bʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,800 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobra, with forms such as "cbora", "ccobra", and "cobar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "cra", "cour", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cobra, spelled C-O-B-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vernaculaire ambigu donné à cinq genres de serpents venimeux d’Afrique et d’Asie, de la famille des élapidés, et qui se distinguent par leur habitude de se dresser verticalement en position de combat et d’exhiber une coiffe caractéristique (genres: Hemachatus, Laticauda, Naja, Ophiophagus, et Pseudohaje).
  2. 2
    Employé seul et sans mention du nom scientifique, ce terme désigne généralement le genre Naja, et dans la majorité des cas, le cobra indien, appelé vulgairement « serpent à lunettes » (Naja naja), une espèce de serpent extrêmement venimeux habitant les six pays du croissant formé entre le Pakistan et le Bhoutan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toi! Donne les clefs, sinon, je dis au cobra de te mordre.
  2. En forêt ou en savane, je me suis trouvé face à un cobra assez fréquemment.

This word in other languages

cobra(English)cobra(Español)Kobra(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cbora
  • ccobra
  • cobar
  • cobbra
  • cobrra
  • corba
  • ocbra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cbora2ccobra1cobar2cobbra1cobrra1corba2ocbra2
Edit distance from "cobra"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobra"?
"cobra" is spelled C-O-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.bʁa\.
What does "cobra" mean?
As a noun, "cobra" means: Nom vernaculaire ambigu donné à cinq genres de serpents venimeux d’Afrique et d’Asie, de la famille des élapidés, et qui se distinguent par leur habitude de se dresser verticalement en position de ...
What words are commonly confused with "cobra"?
"cobra" is commonly confused with "cor", "cra", "cour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobra" is \kɔ.bʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobra" come from?
"cobra" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Clyde#22,799Béarn#22,787cools#22,813cotée#22,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

credo7 variantsborde7 variantsbasta7 variantsargot7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list