Cozumel

name

"cozumel" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Cozumel” is uncommon English (frequency #65,017 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,017
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A resort island in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cozumel · Cozumel · English

Cozumel · rank #65,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,017
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cranfield

Nearest frequency peer: Cranfield (+2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Cozumel”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cozumel” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cozumel
PropertyValue
HeadwordCozumel
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,017
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Cozumel” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Cozumelfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Cranfield” (#65,019), “Couric” (#65,014), “craniofacial” (#65,020). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Cozumel” is #65,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cozumel is uncommon English at frequency #65,017 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A resort island in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cozumel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Mayan Ah Cuzamil Peten, translating as "the island of swallows." The correct English form is Cozumel, spelled C-O-Z-U-M-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A resort island in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

Etymology

From Mayan Ah Cuzamil Peten, translating as "the island of swallows."

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cozumel"?
"Cozumel" is spelled C-O-Z-U-M-E-L.
What does "Cozumel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cozumel" means: A resort island in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
What is the origin of the word "Cozumel"?
From Mayan Ah Cuzamil Peten, translating as "the island of swallows." See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cozumel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list