cosmodrome
noun
cosmodrome is spelled C-O-S-M-O-D-R-O-M-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cosmodrome means “A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cosmodrome is cosmodromes.
How many letters and syllables are in cosmodrome?
| Letters | 10: C-O-S-M-O-D-R-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cosmodrome?
Cosmodrome appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cosmodrome?
Cosmodrome has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cosmodrome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cosmodrome
- cosmodromes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cosmodrome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cosmodrome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a site for launching spacecraft:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cosmodrome, base de lancement |
| German | Weltraumbahnhof, Kosmodrom |
| Portuguese | cosmódromo |
| Spanish | cosmódromo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cosmodrome come from?
From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).