Kosmos
[ˈkɔsmɔs]
The verdict
“Kosmos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,747
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das gesamte Weltall; das Universum
Corpus desk
Index DE-kosmos · Kosmos · German
Kosmos · rank #12,747 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,747
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Komplikationen
Nearest frequency peer: Komplikationen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kosmos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- klatschen
klatschen
87,257 corpus weight
- klopfen
klopfen
87,256 corpus weight
- Komplikatio…
Komplikationen
87,255 corpus weight
- Kosmos
Kosmos
87,254 corpus weight
- krasse
krasse
87,253 corpus weight
- Kulisse
Kulisse
87,252 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kosmos” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Kosmos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔsmɔs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kosmos” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Kosmos (IPA [ˈkɔsmɔs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,747 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das gesamte Weltall; das Universum".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kosmos, with forms such as "kkosmos", "komsos", and "kosmmos". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kokos", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 German form is Kosmos, spelled K-O-S-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1das gesamte Weltall; das Universum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kosmos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bitte nicht stören! Ich bin eins mit dem Kosmos.
„Allein im Kult wird dieser beseelte Kosmos verstanden, im Gleichgewicht gehalten, beherrscht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkosmos
- komsos
- kosmmos
- kosmoss
- kosmso
- kosoms
- kossmos
- ksomos
- oksmos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kosmos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kosmos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kosmos". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Kokos". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,747 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.