cognomen
[koɣ̞ˈnomẽn]
The verdict
“cognomen” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre que recibía una persona en la antigua Roma, dado a partir de características personales, que era heredado por sus descendientes e identificaba dicha rama familiar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cognomen · cognomen · Spanish
cognomen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | cognomen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koɣ̞ˈnomẽn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cognomen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cognomen is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koɣ̞ˈnomẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre que recibía una persona en la antigua Roma, dado a partir de características personales, que era heredado por sus descendientes e identificaba dicha rama familiar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cognomen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cognomen, spelled C-O-G-N-O-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre que recibía una persona en la antigua Roma, dado a partir de características personales, que era heredado por sus descendientes e identificaba dicha rama familiar.
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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.