cocotte

/\kɔ.kɔt\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,392

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

cocotte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Terme par lequel les enfants désignent les poules. Pronounced \kɔ.kɔt\. Often confused with cotte and crotte.

Key facts for cocotte
PropertyValue
Headwordcocotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.kɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,392
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cocotte is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.kɔt\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,392 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cocotte, with forms such as "ccocotte", "ccootte", and "coccotte". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cotte", "crotte", "coyote", 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 cocotte, spelled C-O-C-O-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme par lequel les enfants désignent les poules.
  2. 2
    Carré de papier plié de manière à présenter une ressemblance éloignée avec une poule.
  3. 3
    Inflammation du bord de la paupière.
  4. 4
    Femme de mœurs légères.
  5. 5
    Nom affectueux ou plaisant donné à une femme de son entourage.
  6. 6
    Fièvre aphteuse.
  7. 7
    Pomme de pin. Le terme qui désigne une pomme de pin est écrit avec un t dans Bél. 1957, Canada 1930 et l'exemple cité sous cocotte ; on le rencontre écrit avec deux t dans Plais. 1969
  8. 8
    Cône de chantier ou de signalisation routière.
  9. 9
    Regroupement de joueurs debout et liés, comprenant au minimum le porteur du ballon, l’un de ses équipiers et un adversaire.
  10. 10
    Pièce qui relie le levier de frein au guidon.
  11. 11
    Chardon.
  12. 12
    Ustensile de cuisine à couvercle utilisé pour la cuisson prolongée des aliments.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccocotte,ccootte,coccotte,cocote,cocotet,coctote,cooctte,occotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cocotte

Misspelling Variants of "cocotte"

ccocotte8ccootte7coccotte8cocote6cocotet7coctote7cooctte7occotte7
Misspelling Variants of "cocotte"

Frequency rank: #20,392 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocotte"?
"cocotte" is spelled C-O-C-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.kɔt\.
What does "cocotte" mean?
As a noun, "cocotte" means: Terme par lequel les enfants désignent les poules.
What words are commonly confused with "cocotte"?
"cocotte" is commonly confused with "cotte", "crotte", "coyote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocotte" is \kɔ.kɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocotte" come from?
"cocotte" 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.