cocagne

\kɔ.kaɲ\

/\kɔ.kaɲ\/ noun

The verdict

“cocagne” is uncommon French (frequency #59,895 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,895
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps de réjouissance où l’on boit et mange abondamment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cocagne · cocagne · French

cocagne · rank #59,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,895
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocus

Nearest frequency peer: cocus (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cocagne »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cocagne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cocagne
PropertyValue
Headwordcocagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kaɲ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cocagne » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cocagnetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cocus » (#59,896), « climatologue » (#59,893), « cogneur » (#59,897). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cocagne » est au #59,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cocagne is uncommon French at frequency #59,895 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.kaɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Temps de réjouissance où l’on boit et mange abondamment.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cocagne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cocagne, spelled C-O-C-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temps de réjouissance où l’on boit et mange abondamment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vois des vaiſſeaux ſur cette mer [la mer Noire], des villes ſur les bords, des cocagnes pour un peuple immenſe, des feux d’artifice et tous les miracles de l’opéra réunis.
  2. Ouvre à la chatte, elle sait aussi que midi approche. Tous les jours, elle a peur, après sa promenade matinale, de me retrouver guérie. Dormir sur mon lit, la nuit et le jour, quelle vie de Cocagne pour elle !

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 "cocagne"?
"cocagne" is spelled C-O-C-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kaɲ\.
What does "cocagne" mean?
As a noun, "cocagne" means: Temps de réjouissance où l’on boit et mange abondamment.
How do you pronounce "cocagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocagne" is \kɔ.kaɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocagne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list