corsovscostWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: corso is a adjective, cost is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“corso” is an adjective and “cost” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,439
“corso” frequency rank
#27,668
“cost” frequency rank
65107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corso cost
Definition korsisch Kosten

Letter map: corso vs cost

Shared letters muted; letters that set corso and cost apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
corso
4 ch
cost

Role in the sentence - corso and cost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: corso is anadjective and costanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corso is recorded at frequency rank #37,439, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkɔrso]. cost is at rank #27,668, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 65107, this pair ranks #618,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corso vs cost

Shared letters: cos. Private to "corso": r. Private to "cost": t.

"corso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cost" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • corsoccorso · coros · corrso · corsso · cosro · croso · ocrso
  • costccost · cosst · costt · cots · csot · ocst

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corso" and "cost" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "corso" is an adjective and "cost" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "corso" or "cost"?
"cost" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,668 in our German list, against #37,439 for "corso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "corso" and "cost". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #618,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corso" and "cost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cons vs corso". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #618,284 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list