cochon

\kɔ.ʃɔ̃\

/\kɔ.ʃɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cochon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,800
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère domestique, ongulé de l’ordre des suidés ; porc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cochon · cochon · French

cochon · rank #7,800 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,800
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coca

Nearest frequency peer: coca (-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 « cochon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cochon » 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).

cochon vs coco
67% similar
cochon vs coon
67% similar
cochon vs coton
67% similar

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

Key facts for cochon
PropertyValue
Headwordcochon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʃɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,800
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cochon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cochonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coca » (#7,799), « compteur » (#7,801), « classification » (#7,798). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cochon » est au #7,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cochon (IPA \kɔ.ʃɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,800 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cochon, with forms such as "ccochon", "ccohon", and "cocchon". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "coco", "coon", "coton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cochon, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mammifère domestique, ongulé de l’ordre des suidés ; porc.
  2. 2
    Porc mâle et châtré élevé pour l’alimentation.
  3. 3
    Viande de cet animal, porc, cochonaille.
  4. 4
    Tirelire très courante en forme de cochon.
  5. 5
    Sanglier.
  6. 6
    Homme malpropre, sale.
  7. 7
    Homme aux actes obscènes.
  8. 8
    Homme vil et malhonnête.
  9. 9
    Mélange impur de métal et de scories qui bouche quelquefois les fourneaux où l’on fait fondre les métaux.
  10. 10
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le porc. À rapprocher de cochon, porc, sanglier, truie et verrat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ouvrit la séance par un sacrifice à Cérès. Des prêtres immolèrent un jeune cochon, et de son sang purifièrent l’enceinte.
  2. […], allongé sur un lit d’ordures humides, un cochon tout rose, assoupi, grognait en rêvant.

Synonyms

goretlaitonnourrainporcpourceautruieverrat

This word in other languages

pork(English)cerdo(Español)Schwein(Deutsch)porco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccochon
  • ccohon
  • cocchon
  • cochhon
  • cochno
  • cochonn
  • cocohn
  • cohcon
  • occhon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccochon1ccohon2cocchon1cochhon1cochno2cochonn1cocohn2cohcon2
Edit distance from "cochon"

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 "cochon"?
"cochon" is spelled C-O-C-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʃɔ̃\.
What does "cochon" mean?
As a noun, "cochon" means: Mammifère domestique, ongulé de l’ordre des suidés ; porc.
What words are commonly confused with "cochon"?
"cochon" is commonly confused with "coco", "coon", "coton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cochon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cochon" is \kɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cochon" come from?
"cochon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list