cosmos

/[ˈkosmos]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,426

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cosmos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mundo (conjunto de lo existente). Pronounced [ˈkosmos]. Often confused with coso and costo.

Key facts for cosmos
PropertyValue
Headwordcosmos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkosmos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,426
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cosmos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkosmos]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,426 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cosmos, with forms such as "ccosmos", "comsos", and "cosmmos". 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, "coso", "costo", "costos", 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 cosmos, spelled C-O-S-M-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mundo (conjunto de lo existente).
  2. 2
    Espacio exterior al planeta Tierra.
  3. 3
    Género de compuestas, helianteas, coreopsidinas con cabezuelas pedunculadas bastante grandes, flores en la circunferencia purpurinas o rojas; son hierbas distribuídas en 15 o 20 especies de la América tropical, desde Bolivia y Arizona a las Antillas.
  4. 4
    Magistrados que en número de 10 fueron creados en Creta para contrabalancear el poder de los reyes. Su autoridad era semejante a la que ejercían los éforos de Esparta.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccosmos,comsos,cosmmos,cosmoss,cosmso,cosoms,cossmos,csomos,ocsmos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cosmos

Misspelling Variants of "cosmos"

ccosmos7comsos6cosmmos7cosmoss7cosmso6cosoms6cossmos7csomos6
Misspelling Variants of "cosmos"

Frequency rank: #13,426 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cosmos"?
"cosmos" is spelled C-O-S-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkosmos].
What does "cosmos" mean?
As a noun, "cosmos" means: Mundo (conjunto de lo existente).
What words are commonly confused with "cosmos"?
"cosmos" is commonly confused with "coso", "costo", "costos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cosmos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosmos" is [ˈkosmos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cosmos" come from?
"cosmos" 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.