costard
/ˈkɒs.tə(ɹ)d/noun
costard is spelled C-O-S-T-A-R-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, costard means “A large cooking apple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of costard is costards.
How many letters and syllables are in costard?
| Letters | 7: C-O-S-T-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is costard?
Costard appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 costard?
- /ˈkɒs.tə(ɹ)d/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-costard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of costard
- costards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does costard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA large cooking apple.
- 2
The tree on which large cooking apples grow.
- 3
archaicThe human head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does costard come from?
From Middle English costard, perhaps from Old French coste (“rib”) + -ard, in reference to its ribbed appearance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).