cosquillear
[koskiʝeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“cosquillear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar cosquilleo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cosquillear · cosquillear · Spanish
cosquillear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosquillear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koskiʝeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cosquillear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cosquillear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [koskiʝeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Causar cosquilleo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cosquillear, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cosquillear, spelled C-O-S-Q-U-I-L-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Causar cosquilleo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cosquillear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Miró al trasluz el líquido topacio del Jerez, y cerró los ojos al beberlo, afirmando que le cosquilleaba en la garganta.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.