costa

[ˈkost̪a]

/[ˈkost̪a]/ noun

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The verdict

“costa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#841
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Región de tierra seca fronteriza con el mar o, por extensión, con una masa de agua (río, lago, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index ES-costa · costa · Spanish

costa · rank #841 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #841
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH conmigo

Nearest frequency peer: conmigo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “costa”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

costa vs CTA
0% similar
costa vs Cota
60% similar
costa vs Cova
40% similar

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

Key facts for costa
PropertyValue
Headwordcosta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkost̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#841
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “costa”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.costacae aquí:

#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 “conmigo” (#840), “cree” (#842), “comisión” (#839). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “costa” va en #841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around costa (IPA [ˈkost̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #841 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for costa, with forms such as "ccosta", "cosat", and "cossta". 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, "CTA", "Cota", "Cova", 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. The correct Spanish form is costa, spelled C-O-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Región de tierra seca fronteriza con el mar o, por extensión, con una masa de agua (río, lago, etc.).
  2. 2
    Herramienta dura, por lo general de madera, que tiene muescas en los extremos y se emplea en zapatería para alisar y pulir suelas.
  3. 3
    Orilla o costado del cuerpo o de las montañas.

This word in other languages

coast(English)côte(Français)Küste(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccosta
  • cosat
  • cossta
  • costta
  • cotsa
  • csota
  • ocsta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of costa - 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.

ccosta1cosat2cossta1costta1cotsa2csota2ocsta2
Edit distance from "costa"

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 "costa"?
"costa" is spelled C-O-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkost̪a].
What does "costa" mean?
As a noun, "costa" means: Región de tierra seca fronteriza con el mar o, por extensión, con una masa de agua (río, lago, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "costa"?
"costa" is commonly confused with "CTA", "Cota", "Cova". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costa" is [ˈkost̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costa" come from?
"costa" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

diario7 variantscrear7 variantscreer7 variantsserio7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list