co-mother
"co-mother" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“co-mother” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
Corpus desk
Index EN-co-mother · co-mother · English
co-mother · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | co-mother |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “co-mother” in English
Rare enough to double-check
co-mother is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how co-mother appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is considered incestuous for a co-mother and co-father to have sex relations
the two of them went to their mother's forest hut and tried to find a way to avenge their mother's death and kill their co-mother.
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.