costas

[ˈkost̪as]

/[ˈkost̪as]/ noun

The verdict

“costas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,483
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de gastos de un proceso legal o judicial.

Corpus desk

Index ES-costas · costas · Spanish

costas · rank #5,483 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,483
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH correctamente

Nearest frequency peer: correctamente (-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 “costas”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “costas” 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).

costas vs Cota
50% similar
costas vs costo
67% similar
costas vs cotas
83% similar

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

Key facts for costas
PropertyValue
Headwordcostas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkost̪as]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,483
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “costas”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).costascae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “correctamente” (#5,482), “convencer” (#5,481), “creencia” (#5,485). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “costas” va en #5,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around costas (IPA [ˈkost̪as]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,483 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Conjunto de gastos de un proceso legal o judicial.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for costas, with forms such as "ccostas", "cosats", and "cosstas". 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, "Cota", "costo", "cotas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is costas, spelled C-O-S-T-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de gastos de un proceso legal o judicial.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccostas
  • cosats
  • cosstas
  • costass
  • costsa
  • costtas
  • cotsas
  • csotas
  • ocstas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccostas1cosats2cosstas1costass1costsa2costtas1cotsas2csotas2
Edit distance from "costas"

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 "costas"?
"costas" is spelled C-O-S-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkost̪as].
What does "costas" mean?
As a noun, "costas" means: Conjunto de gastos de un proceso legal o judicial.
What words are commonly confused with "costas"?
"costas" 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 "costas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costas" is [ˈkost̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costas" come from?
"costas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list