Cocktail

\ˈkɔkteːl\

/\ˈkɔkteːl\/ noun

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The verdict

“Cocktail” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,135
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cocktail.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cocktail · Cocktail · French

Cocktail · rank #9,135 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,135
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH ciment

Nearest frequency peer: ciment (-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 « Cocktail »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cocktail » 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).

Cocktail vs cocktails
78% similar

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

Key facts for Cocktail
PropertyValue
HeadwordCocktail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɔkteːl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,135
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cocktail »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Cocktailse 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 « ciment » (#9,134), « commercialisation » (#9,136), « châteaux » (#9,133). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cocktail » est au #9,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Cocktail (IPA \ˈkɔkteːl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,135 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cocktail.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cocktail, with forms such as "ccocktail", "ccoktail", and "coccktail". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cocktails", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Cocktail, spelled C-O-C-K-T-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cocktail.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sex On The Beach ist mein liebster Cocktail.
  2. » (...) Und jetzt habe ich alle Ausflüge mitgemacht, die das Hotel anbietet.« »Bleiben Sie für eine Woche?« »Nein, zwei«, sagte er niedergeschlagen. Da saß er wirklich schön in der Tinte. Ich lud ihn zu einem Cocktail ein.

Antonyms

FruchtsaftBall

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccocktail
  • ccoktail
  • coccktail
  • cockatil
  • cockktail
  • cocktaill
  • cocktali
  • cocktial
  • cockttail
  • coctkail
  • cokctail
  • occktail

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cocktail - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccocktail1ccoktail2coccktail1cockatil2cockktail1cocktaill1cocktali2cocktial2
Edit distance from "Cocktail"

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 "Cocktail"?
"Cocktail" is spelled C-O-C-K-T-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɔkteːl\.
What does "Cocktail" mean?
As a noun, "Cocktail" means: Cocktail.
What words are commonly confused with "Cocktail"?
"Cocktail" is commonly confused with "cocktails". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cocktail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cocktail" is \ˈkɔkteːl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cocktail" come from?
"Cocktail" 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 "Cocktail", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

châteaux#9,133barrages#9,122discrète#9,148assassin#9,119

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list