co-mother
"co-mother" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“co-mother” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | co-mother |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “co-mother” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for co-mother is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for co-mother, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: * com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère. The correct English form is co-mother, spelled C-O---M-O-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
- 2In polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
- 3In polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children.
- 4In a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child.
Etymology
* com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère.
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.
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Using “co-mother”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O---M-O-T-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.