cogito
"cogito" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cogito” is uncommon English (frequency #89,242 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,242
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cogito · cogito · English
cogito · rank #89,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,242
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cobbett
Nearest frequency peer: Cobbett (-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 “cogito”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- circumcise
circumcise
10,767 corpus weight
- Cobbett
Cobbett
10,760 corpus weight
- cogito
cogito
10,759 corpus weight
- coherency
coherency
10,758 corpus weight
- combated
combated
10,755 corpus weight
- Comeau
Comeau
10,754 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cogito” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cogito |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cogito” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cogito is uncommon English at frequency #89,242 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cogito, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is cogito, spelled C-O-G-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cogito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Cogito of Descartes and Husserl is an apprehension of fact. […] Such a Cogito is performed by a consciousness directed upon consciousness, a consciousness which takes consciousness as an object.
But are there not as many consciousnesses or cogitos as there are individuals?
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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