cook

noun

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The verdict

“cook” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,346
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuisinier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cook · cook · French

cook · rank #13,346 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,346
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compétitif

Nearest frequency peer: compétitif (-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 « cook »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cook » 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).

cook vs cou
50% similar
cook vs coq
50% similar
cook vs cor
50% similar

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

Key facts for cook
PropertyValue
Headwordcook
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,346
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cook »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « compétitif » (#13,345), « coopératives » (#13,347), « coloré » (#13,344). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cook » est au #13,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cook, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,346 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cuisinier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cook, with forms such as "ccook", "cok", and "coko". 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, "cou", "coq", "cor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cook, spelled C-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuisinier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le dur travail et l’air pur excitent l’appétit. Au petit matin, après un déjeuner copieux, les bûcherons gagnent l’aire de coupe. Ils prennent sur place, en le dévorant, le repas préparé par le cook : du lard, de la mélasse, des galettes.
  2. De retour au camp, le couple fit un tour à la roulotte cantine où le cook les régala de cookies et de jus de fruit, ce qui leur permit d’éliminer l’arrière-goût râpeux du pinard militaire.

Synonyms

cuisinier

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccook
  • cok
  • coko
  • cookk
  • ocok

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cook - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccook1cok1coko2cookk1ocok2
Edit distance from "cook"

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 "cook"?
"cook" is spelled C-O-O-K.
What does "cook" mean?
As a noun, "cook" means: Cuisinier.
What words are commonly confused with "cook"?
"cook" is commonly confused with "cou", "coq", "cor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cook" come from?
"cook" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cook", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abat#13,305foin#13,388XXIe#13,298work#13,297

Similar misspelling depth

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

torres5 variantsiron5 variantsraide5 variantspneu5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list