# kiosk

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkiːˌɒsk/ · frequency rank #28,969

## Definitions
1. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
2. A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.
3. A public telephone booth.
4. A Turkish garden pavilion.

## Etymology
Earlier kiosque, from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Classical Persian کوشْک (kōšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).

## Easily confused with
- **Kos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kos)
- **Kok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kok)
- **kiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kiss)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kirk)
- **kits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kits)
- **kook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kook)
- **Kwok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-kwok)
- **knock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiosk-vs-knock)
- **Kik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kik-vs-kiosk)
- **kids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kids-vs-kiosk)
- **kick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kick-vs-kiosk)
- **kink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kink-vs-kiosk)
- **kilos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilos-vs-kiosk)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ikosk`, `kioks`, `kioskk`, `kiossk`, `kisok`, `kkiosk`, `koisk`

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