# cosmetics

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/ · frequency rank #11,674

## Definitions
1. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
2. The way something looks; superficial appearance.

## Etymology
From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”).

## Easily confused with
- **cosmetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosmetic-vs-cosmetics)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccosmetics`, `comsetics`, `cosemtics`, `cosmeitcs`, `cosmetcis`, `cosmeticcs`, `cosmeticss`, `cosmetisc`, `cosmettics`, `cosmmetics`, `cosmteics`, `cossmetics`, `csometics`, `ocsmetics`

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