costar

/[kosˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,475

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

costar is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener un valor en dinero. Pronounced [kosˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with Cota and costo.

Key facts for costar
PropertyValue
Headwordcostar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kosˈt̪aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,475
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for costar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kosˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,475 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for costar, with forms such as "ccostar", "cosatr", and "cosstar". 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, "Cota", "costo", "cotas", 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 costar, spelled C-O-S-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tener un valor en dinero.
  2. 2
    Ocasionar gasto el entretenimiento y conservación de una cosa.
  3. 3
    Causar cuidado, desvelo, etc.
  4. 4
    Hacerse una cosa con disgusto, con trabajo, ser difícil.
  5. 5
    Tener de costa.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccostar,cosatr,cosstar,costarr,costtar,cotsar,csotar,ocstar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for costar

Misspelling Variants of "costar"

ccostar7cosatr6cosstar7costarr7costtar7cotsar6csotar6ocstar6
Misspelling Variants of "costar"

Frequency rank: #10,475 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "costar"?
"costar" is spelled C-O-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kosˈt̪aɾ].
What does "costar" mean?
As a verb, "costar" means: Tener un valor en dinero.
What words are commonly confused with "costar"?
"costar" is commonly confused with "Cota", "costo", "cotas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costar" is [kosˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costar" come from?
"costar" 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.