# cosmos

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒzmɒs/ · frequency rank #14,727

## Definitions
1. The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
2. The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
3. Harmony, order.

## Etymology
From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”).
The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).

## Easily confused with
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosmos-vs-costs)
- **Como** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/como-vs-cosmos)
- **CMOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cmos-vs-cosmos)
- **coos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coos-vs-cosmos)
- **coms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coms-vs-cosmos)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comes-vs-cosmos)
- **combs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combs-vs-cosmos)
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/common-vs-cosmos)
- **cosmic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosmic-vs-cosmos)
- **Condos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condos-vs-cosmos)
- **commons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commons-vs-cosmos)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccosmos`, `comsos`, `cosmmos`, `cosmoss`, `cosmso`, `cosoms`, `cossmos`, `csomos`, `ocsmos`

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