kosmos
"kosmos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kosmos” is uncommon English (frequency #72,477 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,477
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archaic form of cosmos.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kosmos · kosmos · English
kosmos · rank #72,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,477
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Knutsford
Nearest frequency peer: Knutsford (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “kosmos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- knitters
knitters
27,529 corpus weight
- knowable
knowable
27,526 corpus weight
- Knutsford
Knutsford
27,525 corpus weight
- kosmos
kosmos
27,524 corpus weight
- Kyaw
Kyaw
27,522 corpus weight
- Lamarck
Lamarck
27,521 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kosmos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kosmos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kosmos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kosmos is uncommon English at frequency #72,477 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic form of cosmos.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kosmos in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kosmos, spelled K-O-S-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Archaic form of cosmos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kosmos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It [the earth] was in the centre of the Kosmos; it remained stationary because of its equal distance from all parts of the outer revolving spheres; there was no cause determining it to move upward rather than downward or sideways, therefore it remained still. Its exhalations nourished the fire in the peripheral regions of the Kosmos.
1874-1875, William Ewart Gladstone, The Church of England and Ritualism […] the spirit of Beauty was so profusely poured forth, that it seemed to fill the life and action of man as it fills the kingdoms of nature; the one, like the other, was in its way a Kosmos.
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.
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