cosh
/kɒʃ/
"cosh" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cosh” is uncommon English (frequency #77,562 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,562
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cosh · cosh · English
cosh · rank #77,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,562
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cortege
Nearest frequency peer: cortege (-2 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 “cosh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corpo
corpo
22,443 corpus weight
- cortege
cortege
22,441 corpus weight
- cosh
cosh
22,439 corpus weight
- covariant
covariant
22,437 corpus weight
- Coverdale
Coverdale
22,436 corpus weight
- crackled
crackled
22,435 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cosh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cosh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cosh is uncommon English at frequency #77,562 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cosh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from Romani košter (“stick”). The correct English form is cosh, spelled C-O-S-H.
Definition
- 1A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- 2A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
- 3The cane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cosh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]
Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]
Etymology
Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).
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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