# Cosby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #21,761

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).
2. A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States.
4. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-coy)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cost)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cozy)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cosy)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-costs)
- **costa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-costa)
- **cushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cushy)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-covey)
- **cubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cubby)
- **costly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-costly)
- **cowboy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cowboy)
- **Crosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-crosby)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cos-vs-cosby)
- **cob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cob-vs-cosby)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cosby)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cody-vs-cosby)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cory-vs-cosby)
- **comb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comb-vs-cosby)
- **cobb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cobb-vs-cosby)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casey-vs-cosby)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccosby`, `cobsy`, `cosbby`, `cosbyy`, `cossby`, `cosyb`, `csoby`, `ocsby`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cosby