coca
\kɔ.ka\
The verdict
“coca” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,799
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante d’Amérique du Sud de la famille des érythroxylacées utilisée par les populations locales, comme plante médicinale et pour fabriquer la cocaïne, dont les feuilles, mâchées par les courriers, ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-coca · coca · French
coca · rank #7,799 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,799
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH classification
Nearest frequency peer: classification (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “coca”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chaussure
chaussure
92,206 corpus weight
- circuler
circuler
92,204 corpus weight
- classificat…
classification
92,203 corpus weight
- coca
coca
92,202 corpus weight
- cochon
cochon
92,201 corpus weight
- compteur
compteur
92,200 corpus weight
What this shows “coca” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coca |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ka\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “coca” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around coca (IPA \kɔ.ka\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,799 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for coca, with forms such as "ccoa", "ccoca", and "coac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "cou", "col", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coca, spelled C-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1Plante d’Amérique du Sud de la famille des érythroxylacées utilisée par les populations locales, comme plante médicinale et pour fabriquer la cocaïne, dont les feuilles, mâchées par les courriers, les voyageurs, les mineurs, leur permettent de rester un jour ou deux sans prendre d'aliments solides ou liquides.
- 2Cocaïne, substance extraite des feuilles de cet arbuste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Pérou est, avec la Bolivie, le principal producteur de la coca, la plante sacrée des Incas.
Le commerce de la coca est très rentable.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoa
- ccoca
- coac
- cocca
- occa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).