pays de cocagne

\pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\

/\pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\/ noun

The verdict

“pays de cocagne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays imaginaire où l’on trouve de tout en abondance.

Key facts for pays de cocagne
PropertyValue
Headwordpays de cocagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pays de cocagne” sits in French frequency

pays de cocagne falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pays de cocagne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pays imaginaire où l’on trouve de tout en abondance.".

Zero misspellings are on record for pays de cocagne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pays de cocagne, spelled P-A-Y-S- -D-E- -C-O-C-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays imaginaire où l’on trouve de tout en abondance.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pays de cocagne"?
"pays de cocagne" is spelled P-A-Y-S- -D-E- -C-O-C-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\.
What does "pays de cocagne" mean?
As a noun, "pays de cocagne" means: Pays imaginaire où l’on trouve de tout en abondance.
How do you pronounce "pays de cocagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pays de cocagne" is \pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pays de cocagne" come from?
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Using “pays de cocagne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-Y-S- -D-E- -C-O-C-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɛ.i də kɔ.kaɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list