catacosmesis
"catacosmesis" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catacosmesis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
Corpus desk
Index EN-catacosmesis · catacosmesis · English
catacosmesis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catacosmesis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catacosmesis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catacosmesis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for catacosmesis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”). The correct English form is catacosmesis, spelled C-A-T-A-C-O-S-M-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
- 2A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
- 3A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
Etymology
From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.