cocotier

/\kɔ.kɔ.tje\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,936

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cocotier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à couronne de feuilles dépassant quelquefois six mètres de long, et au port souvent courbe qui... Pronounced \kɔ.kɔ.tje\. Often confused with côtier and cocotte.

Key facts for cocotier
PropertyValue
Headwordcocotier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kɔ.tje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,936
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cocotier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cocotier is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.kɔ.tje\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,936 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cocotier, with forms such as "ccocotier", "ccootier", and "coccotier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "côtier", "cocotte", "courtier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cocotier, spelled C-O-C-O-T-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à couronne de feuilles dépassant quelquefois six mètres de long, et au port souvent courbe qui produit des drupes, les noix de coco.
  2. 2
    Coquetier (récipient pour manger les œufs à la coque).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccocotier,ccootier,coccotier,cocoiter,cocoteir,cocotierr,cocotire,cocottier,coctoier,cooctier,occotier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cocotier

Misspelling Variants of "cocotier"

ccocotier9ccootier8coccotier9cocoiter8cocoteir8cocotierr9cocotire8cocottier9
Misspelling Variants of "cocotier"

Frequency rank: #44,936 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocotier"?
"cocotier" is spelled C-O-C-O-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɔ.tje\.
What does "cocotier" mean?
As a noun, "cocotier" means: Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à couronne de feuilles dépassant quelquefois six mètres de long, et au port souvent courbe qui...
What words are commonly confused with "cocotier"?
"cocotier" is commonly confused with "côtier", "cocotte", "courtier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocotier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocotier" is \kɔ.kɔ.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocotier" come from?
"cocotier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.