# Acosta

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,353

## Definitions
1. A Spanish habitational surname from Catalan.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Acosta, from Catalan Acosta.

## Easily confused with
- **Asta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acosta-vs-asta)
- **aorta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acosta-vs-aorta)

## Common misspellings (8)
`accosta`, `acosat`, `acossta`, `acostta`, `acotsa`, `acsota`, `aocsta`, `caosta`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acosta