# cosplay

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒz.pleɪ/ · frequency rank #16,672

## Definitions
1. The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
2. A skit or instance of this art or practice.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a clipping of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), from a compound of English costume + play.

## Easily confused with
- **costly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosplay-vs-costly)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comply-vs-cosplay)
- **Copley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copley-vs-cosplay)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccosplay`, `copslay`, `coslpay`, `cospaly`, `cosplayy`, `cospllay`, `cosplya`, `cospplay`, `cossplay`, `csoplay`, `ocsplay`

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