cosa

/[ˈkosa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#234

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cosa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nombre con el que se puede designar un objeto real o imaginario, una abstracción o un concepto sin tener que definirlo o nombrarlo. Pronounced [ˈkosa]. It ranks #234 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Cox and CTA.

Key facts for cosa
PropertyValue
Headwordcosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkosa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#234
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cosa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cosa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkosa]. Corpus data places it at rank #234 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for cosa, with forms such as "ccosa", "coas", and "csoa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cox", "CTA", "cua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cosa, spelled C-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre con el que se puede designar un objeto real o imaginario, una abstracción o un concepto sin tener que definirlo o nombrarlo.
  2. 2
    En el Derecho Privado, se refiere al objeto de la relación jurídica, que puede ser un bien, un derecho o incluso una obligación, en la que además intervendrán personas, siendo éstas los sujetos de tal relación.
  3. 3
    Objeto inanimado.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccosa,coas,csoa,ocsa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cosa

Misspelling Variants of "cosa"

ccosa5coas4csoa4ocsa4
Misspelling Variants of "cosa"

Frequency rank: #234 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cosa"?
"cosa" is spelled C-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkosa].
What does "cosa" mean?
As a noun, "cosa" means: Nombre con el que se puede designar un objeto real o imaginario, una abstracción o un concepto sin tener que definirlo o nombrarlo.
What words are commonly confused with "cosa"?
"cosa" is commonly confused with "Cox", "CTA", "cua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosa" is [ˈkosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cosa" come from?
"cosa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.