costo
[ˈkost̪o]
The verdict
“costo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,763 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,763
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkost̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “costo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for costo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkost̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,763 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for costo, with forms such as "ccosto", "cosot", and "cossto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cota", "culto", "Cusco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is costo, spelled C-O-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este.
- 2Gasto que representa la manutención de un trabajador sumada a su salario.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccosto,cosot,cossto,costto,cotso,csoto,ocsto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of costo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “costo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkost̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cota” - see the side-by-side comparison. costo vs Cota
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.