Coca-Cola

\kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\

/\kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\/ noun

The verdict

“Coca-Cola” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boisson gazeuse sucrée, à base de noix de cola et d’extrait de feuilles de coca ; marque de soda de l'entreprise « The Coca-Cola Company ».

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Index FR-coca-cola · Coca-Cola · French

Coca-Cola · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Coca-Cola
PropertyValue
HeadwordCoca-Cola
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Coca-Cola » en français

Coca-Colan'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Coca-Cola is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boisson gazeuse sucrée, à base de noix de cola et d’extrait de feuilles de coca ; marque de soda de l'entreprise « The Coca-Cola Company ».".

Zero misspellings are on record for Coca-Cola in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Coca-Cola, spelled C-O-C-A---C-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boisson gazeuse sucrée, à base de noix de cola et d’extrait de feuilles de coca ; marque de soda de l'entreprise « The Coca-Cola Company ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a plusieurs années, certaines personnes croyaient que les salles de cinéma manipulaient les consommateurs en leur présentant des messages subliminaux, comme « Mangez un maïs éclaté » ou « Buvez un Coca-Cola ».
  2. Ils trinquèrent, lui avec son verre de champigny et elle avec sa cannette de Coca-Cola.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Coca-Cola"?
"Coca-Cola" is spelled C-O-C-A---C-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\.
What does "Coca-Cola" mean?
As a noun, "Coca-Cola" means: Boisson gazeuse sucrée, à base de noix de cola et d’extrait de feuilles de coca ; marque de soda de l'entreprise « The Coca-Cola Company ».
How do you pronounce "Coca-Cola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Coca-Cola" is \kɔ.ka.kɔ.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Coca-Cola" come from?
"Coca-Cola" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list