costo

[ˈkost̪o]

/[ˈkost̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“costo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,763
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este.

Corpus desk

Index ES-costo · costo · Spanish

costo · rank #1,763 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,763
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH dejando

Nearest frequency peer: dejando (+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 “costo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “costo” 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).

costo vs Cota
40% similar
costo vs culto
60% similar
costo vs Cusco
40% similar

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

Key facts for costo
PropertyValue
Headwordcosto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkost̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,763
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “costo”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “dejando” (#1,764), “celular” (#1,761), “deje” (#1,765). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “costo” va en #1,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around costo (IPA [ˈkost̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,763 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este.
  2. 2
    Gasto que representa la manutención de un trabajador sumada a su salario.

This word in other languages

cost(English)coût(Français)Kosten(Deutsch)custo(Português)

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.

ccosto1cosot2cossto1costto1cotso2csoto2ocsto2
Edit distance from "costo"

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 "costo"?
"costo" is spelled C-O-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkost̪o].
What does "costo" mean?
As a noun, "costo" means: Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este.
What words are commonly confused with "costo"?
"costo" is commonly confused with "Cota", "culto", "Cusco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costo" is [ˈkost̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costo" come from?
"costo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

disco#1,768avión#1,757etapa#1,771ponen#1,744

Similar misspelling depth

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

llegan7 variantsaquella7 variantsdejan7 variantsaltos7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list