coco

\ko.ko\

/\ko.ko\/ noun

The verdict

“coco” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,172
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne la noix de coco elle même, fruit du cocotier, et/ou le contenant comestible (albumen) de cette noix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coco · coco · French

coco · rank #6,172 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,172
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chou

Nearest frequency peer: chou (-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 « coco »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coco » 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).

coco vs con
50% similar
coco vs cou
50% similar
coco vs col
50% similar

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

Key facts for coco
PropertyValue
Headwordcoco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.ko\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,172
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coco »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chou » (#6,171), « comique » (#6,173), « cherchant » (#6,170). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coco » est au #6,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around coco (IPA \ko.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,172 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for coco, with forms such as "ccoco", "ccoo", and "cocco". 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.

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 coco, spelled C-O-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigne la noix de coco elle même, fruit du cocotier, et/ou le contenant comestible (albumen) de cette noix.
  2. 2
    Fibres provenant de la partie ligneuse de la noix de coco, on la nomme aussi caire ou coir.
  3. 3
    Cocotier.
  4. 4
    Tête.
  5. 5
    Estomac, ventre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Devant une bâtisse neuve, […], on avait rassemblé une pyramide de cocos que le chef me présenta.
  2. Nous étions réduits au sagou et au coco des Sauvages, et encore pas abondamment.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoco
  • ccoo
  • cocco
  • cooc
  • occo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoco1ccoo2cocco1cooc2occo2
Edit distance from "coco"

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 "coco"?
"coco" is spelled C-O-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.ko\.
What does "coco" mean?
As a noun, "coco" means: Désigne la noix de coco elle même, fruit du cocotier, et/ou le contenant comestible (albumen) de cette noix.
What words are commonly confused with "coco"?
"coco" is commonly confused with "con", "cou", "col". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coco" is \ko.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coco" come from?
"coco" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coco", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list