cos lettuce
"cos-lettuce" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cos lettuce” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cos-lettuce · cos lettuce · English
cos lettuce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cos lettuce |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cos lettuce” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cos lettuce is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cos lettuce in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Variously derived from Cos, an alternative spelling of the Greek island of Kos, or from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”). The correct English form is cos lettuce, spelled C-O-S- -L-E-T-T-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
Etymology
Uncertain. Variously derived from Cos, an alternative spelling of the Greek island of Kos, or from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).
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.