low-cost
"low-cost" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“low-cost” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Low in price; cheap, inexpensive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-low-cost · low-cost · English
low-cost · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | low-cost |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “low-cost” in English
Rare enough to double-check
low-cost is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Low in price; cheap, inexpensive.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for low-cost, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is low-cost, spelled L-O-W---C-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1Low in price; cheap, inexpensive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how low-cost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For passengers, the decline in numbers using the short sea route (to 1.8 million in 2017) reflects the emergence of low-cost airlines and the expansion of flights serving Ireland from many regional airports in Britain.
Lower-cost B.B.L.s have created a market for similarly priced postoperative care. These are not the relaxing, spalike havens like the ones that serve wealthier clientele.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.