cozy
"cozy" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cozy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,217
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of cosy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cozy · cozy · English
cozy · rank #12,217 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,217
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cove
Nearest frequency peer: cove (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cozy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cooled
cooled
87,788 corpus weight
- corpus
corpus
87,787 corpus weight
- cove
cove
87,785 corpus weight
- cozy
cozy
87,784 corpus weight
- culturally
culturally
87,783 corpus weight
- deficiency
deficiency
87,781 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cozy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cozy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cozy” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cozy, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,217 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of cosy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cozy, with forms such as "ccozy", "coyz", and "cozyy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cz", "cry", "cuz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is cozy, spelled C-O-Z-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of cosy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cozy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccozy
- coyz
- cozyy
- cozzy
- czoy
- oczy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cozy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cozy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cozy". Here's where to go from here.
- "cozy" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cz". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,217 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.