cookie

\ku.ki\

/\ku.ki\/ noun

The verdict

“cookie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,146
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biscuit rond et relativement gros, d’origine états-unienne, contenant souvent des pépites de chocolat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cookie · cookie · French

cookie · rank #13,146 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,146
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH control

Nearest frequency peer: control (-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 « cookie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cookie » 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).

cookie vs copie
67% similar
cookie vs croie
67% similar
cookie vs côtoie
50% similar

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

Key facts for cookie
PropertyValue
Headwordcookie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ki\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,146
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cookie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cookiese 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 « control » (#13,145), « coquine » (#13,147), « considérait » (#13,144). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cookie » est au #13,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cookie (IPA \ku.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,146 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cookie, with forms such as "ccookie", "cokie", and "cokoie". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "copie", "croie", "côtoie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cookie, spelled C-O-O-K-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Biscuit rond et relativement gros, d’origine états-unienne, contenant souvent des pépites de chocolat.
  2. 2
    Petit ensemble d’informations envoyé par un serveur HTTP à un navigateur Web, qui est ensuite automatiquement renvoyé lors de chaque nouvelle connexion à ce serveur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsqu’il poussa la porte de l’appartement de Felicia, il y flottait une délicieuse odeur de beurre de cacahuètes et de chocolat. Des cookies étaient posés sur l’étroit comptoir séparant la cuisine du salon, sur le dessus de la gazinière et sur la table de cuisine.
  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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccookie
  • cokie
  • cokoie
  • cooike
  • cookei
  • cookkie
  • ocokie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccookie1cokie1cokoie2cooike2cookei2cookkie1ocokie2
Edit distance from "cookie"

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 "cookie"?
"cookie" is spelled C-O-O-K-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ki\.
What does "cookie" mean?
As a noun, "cookie" means: Biscuit rond et relativement gros, d’origine états-unienne, contenant souvent des pépites de chocolat.
What words are commonly confused with "cookie"?
"cookie" is commonly confused with "copie", "croie", "côtoie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cookie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cookie" is \ku.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cookie" come from?
"cookie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cookie", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list