cocon

\kɔ.kɔ̃\

/\kɔ.kɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cocon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,930
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe que se filent beaucoup de larves d’insectes, et dans laquelle doit s’opérer leur dernière mue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cocon · cocon · French

cocon · rank #25,930 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,930
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clôtures

Nearest frequency peer: clôtures (-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 « cocon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cocon » 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).

cocon vs con
60% similar
cocon vs cool
60% similar
cocon vs coin
60% similar

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

Key facts for cocon
PropertyValue
Headwordcocon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,930
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cocon »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clôtures » (#25,929), « cocu » (#25,931), « clandestinement » (#25,928). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cocon » est au #25,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cocon (IPA \kɔ.kɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,930 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cocon, with forms such as "ccocon", "ccoon", and "coccon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "cool", "coin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cocon, spelled C-O-C-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enveloppe que se filent beaucoup de larves d’insectes, et dans laquelle doit s’opérer leur dernière mue.
  2. 2
    Coque qui renferme le ver à soie quand il a achevé de filer et dont on obtient la soie en la dévidant.
  3. 3
    Tout ce qui protège un être fragile ou immature.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le travail de filature consiste à retirer le fil du cocon dont la longueur est d’environ 480 mètres et à le dévider sans le briser.
  2. Le cocooning remonte à la fin des années 1980 : ce terme, forgé par la futurologue américaine Faith Popcorn, désignait la tendance à se renfermer dans un cocon, au sein d'une intimité protégée, afin de se défendre des agressions du monde extérieur.

This word in other languages

cocoon(English)capullo(Español)Kokon(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccocon
  • ccoon
  • coccon
  • cocno
  • coconn
  • coocn
  • occon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccocon1ccoon2coccon1cocno2coconn1coocn2occon2
Edit distance from "cocon"

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 "cocon"?
"cocon" is spelled C-O-C-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɔ̃\.
What does "cocon" mean?
As a noun, "cocon" means: Enveloppe que se filent beaucoup de larves d’insectes, et dans laquelle doit s’opérer leur dernière mue.
What words are commonly confused with "cocon"?
"cocon" is commonly confused with "con", "cool", "coin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocon" is \kɔ.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocon" come from?
"cocon" 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 "cocon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cissé#25,927Bondy#25,910Bahia#25,899Diouf#25,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bourrer7 variantsaurora7 variantsdolce7 variantsaccroc7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list