cognent
\kɔɲ\
The verdict
“cognent” is uncommon French (frequency #57,832 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,832
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cogner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cognent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔɲ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cognent” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cognent is uncommon French at frequency #57,832 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cognent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cognent, spelled C-O-G-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cogner.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe cogner.
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.
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Using “cognent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-G-N-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.