co's
"co-s" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“co's” is uncommon English (frequency #50,428 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a determiner. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,428
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive adjective, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
Corpus desk
Index EN-co-s · co's · English
co's · rank #50,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,428
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CMO
Nearest frequency peer: CMO (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “co's”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chlorinated
chlorinated
49,577 corpus weight
- clubbed
clubbed
49,576 corpus weight
- CMO
CMO
49,574 corpus weight
- co's
co's
49,573 corpus weight
- coachman
coachman
49,572 corpus weight
- cocking
cocking
49,571 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “co's” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | co's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “co's” in English
Rare enough to double-check
co's is uncommon English at frequency #50,428 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as adeterminer. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive adjective, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for co's, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From co + -'s. The correct English form is co's, spelled C-O-'-S.
Definition
- 1Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive adjective, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how co's appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Whether or not an individual changes co’s location on the sexual landscape, the sexual landscape itself might change, [...]
A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co’s quarters.
Etymology
From co + -'s.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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