cosmético
[kosˈmet̪iko]
The verdict
“cosmético” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,947 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,947
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Producto o sustancia que sirve para cuidar, limpiar o embellecer el cuerpo humano.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosmético |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kosˈmet̪iko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cosmético” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cosmético is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kosˈmet̪iko]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,947 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Producto o sustancia que sirve para cuidar, limpiar o embellecer el cuerpo humano.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cosmético in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cosmético, spelled C-O-S-M-É-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Producto o sustancia que sirve para cuidar, limpiar o embellecer el cuerpo humano.
This word in other languages
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 “cosmético”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-M-É-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kosˈmet̪iko] (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.