cosquillas

/[kosˈkiʝas]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,678

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cosquillas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sensación placentera —si es breve—, percibida en algunas áreas del cuerpo mediante tocamientos ligeros. Paradójicamente, consiste en una conmoción desagradable que suele provocar risa involuntaria.... Pronounced [kosˈkiʝas]. Often confused with costillas and cosquilleo.

Key facts for cosquillas
PropertyValue
Headwordcosquillas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kosˈkiʝas]
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,678
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cosquillas is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kosˈkiʝas]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,678 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cosquillas, with forms such as "ccosquillas", "coqsuillas", and "cosqiullas". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "costillas", "cosquilleo", "casquillos", 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 cosquillas, spelled C-O-S-Q-U-I-L-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensación placentera —si es breve—, percibida en algunas áreas del cuerpo mediante tocamientos ligeros. Paradójicamente, consiste en una conmoción desagradable que suele provocar risa involuntaria. Aplicada en exceso se convierte en tortura.
  2. 2
    Desavenencia, inquietud, rencilla.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccosquillas,coqsuillas,cosqiullas,cosqquillas,cosquilals,cosquilas,cosquillass,cosquillsa,cosqulilas,cossquillas,cosuqillas,csoquillas,ocsquillas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cosquillas

Misspelling Variants of "cosquillas"

ccosquillas11coqsuillas10cosqiullas10cosqquillas11cosquilals10cosquilas9cosquillass11cosquillsa10
Misspelling Variants of "cosquillas"

Frequency rank: #19,678 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cosquillas"?
"cosquillas" is spelled C-O-S-Q-U-I-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kosˈkiʝas].
What does "cosquillas" mean?
As a noun, "cosquillas" means: Sensación placentera —si es breve—, percibida en algunas áreas del cuerpo mediante tocamientos ligeros. Paradójicamente, consiste en una conmoción desagradable que suele provocar risa involuntaria....
What words are commonly confused with "cosquillas"?
"cosquillas" is commonly confused with "costillas", "cosquilleo", "casquillos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cosquillas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosquillas" is [kosˈkiʝas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cosquillas" come from?
"cosquillas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.