cosmos

Name: cosmos, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkosmos]

/[ˈkosmos]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cosmos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,426
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mundo (conjunto de lo existente).

Corpus desk

Index ES-cosmos · cosmos · Spanish

cosmos · rank #13,426 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,426
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH cosechas

Nearest frequency peer: cosechas (-1 rank slots)

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.

cooperar

86,578
cosechas

86,576
cosmos

86,575
costillas

86,574
cotización

86,573
cuelga

86,572

What this shows “cosmos” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cosmos vs coso

67% similar

cosmos vs costo

67% similar

cosmos vs costos

83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cosmos
Property	Value
Headword	cosmos
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkosmos]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#13,426
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cosmos”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cosmoscae aquí:

#13,426

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cosechas” (#13,425), “costillas” (#13,427), “cotización” (#13,428). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cosmos” va en #13,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cosmos (IPA [ˈkosmos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,426 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cosmos, with forms such as "ccosmos", "comsos", and "cosmmos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coso", "costo", "costos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cosmos, spelled C-O-S-M-O-S.

Definition

1
Mundo (conjunto de lo existente).
2
Espacio exterior al planeta Tierra.
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
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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cosmos - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "cosmos"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cosmos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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