cogner
\kɔ.ɲe\
The verdict
“cogner” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,090
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper fort sur une chose pour la faire entrer ou pour la faire joindre avec une autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cogner · cogner · French
cogner · rank #20,090 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,090
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clarence
Nearest frequency peer: clarence (-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 « cogner »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ciblée
ciblée
79,913 corpus weight
- clarence
clarence
79,912 corpus weight
- cogner
cogner
79,911 corpus weight
- collector
collector
79,910 corpus weight
- communiquent
communiquent
79,909 corpus weight
- comptaient
comptaient
79,908 corpus weight
What this shows « cogner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cogner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cogner »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cogner (IPA \kɔ.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,090 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cogner, with forms such as "ccogner", "cgoner", and "cogenr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "conne", "corne", "cover", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cogner, spelled C-O-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper fort sur une chose pour la faire entrer ou pour la faire joindre avec une autre.
- 2Frapper avec violence.
- 3Sentir mauvais ; puer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cogner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ensuite, avec un vilebrequin, on en perce le bord des deux côtés , et on y cogne des clous qui entrent aux deux côtés de l'ais de dessus, […].
Néron, abandonné aux dieux nocturnes, se balançait comme un épais fantôme sur le siège de devant ; Horace, complètement abruti, cognait des clous en cadence sur son manche de parapluie ; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccogner
- cgoner
- cogenr
- coggner
- cognerr
- cognner
- cognre
- conger
- ocgner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cogner - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cogner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).