coseno
[koˈseno]
The verdict
“coseno” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #86,645 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #86,645
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Función par, continua y periódica que se define como la razón entre el cateto adyacente y la hipotenusa para un determinado ángulo de un triángulo rectángulo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coseno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈseno] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coseno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for coseno is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈseno]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,645 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Función par, continua y periódica que se define como la razón entre el cateto adyacente y la hipotenusa para un determinado ángulo de un triángulo rectángulo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coseno, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is coseno, spelled C-O-S-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Función par, continua y periódica que se define como la razón entre el cateto adyacente y la hipotenusa para un determinado ángulo de un triángulo rectángulo.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coseno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈseno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.