costra

[ˈkost̪ɾa]

/[ˈkost̪ɾa]/ noun

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The verdict

“costra” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,080
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tejido temporal formado por las plaquetas que cubre una herida para proteger la dermis durante el proceso de regeneración.

Corpus desk

Index ES-costra · costra · Spanish

costra · rank #44,080 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,080
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH crecían

Nearest frequency peer: crecían (+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 “costra”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “costra” 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).

costra vs Cota
50% similar
costra vs costura
86% similar
costra vs costuras
75% similar

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

Key facts for costra
PropertyValue
Headwordcostra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkost̪ɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,080
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “costra”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).costracae 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 “crecían” (#44,081), “Corinthians” (#44,078), “creáis” (#44,082). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “costra” va en #44,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around costra (IPA [ˈkost̪ɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,080 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for costra, with forms such as "ccostra", "cosrta", and "cosstra". 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", "costura", "costuras", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is costra, spelled C-O-S-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tejido temporal formado por las plaquetas que cubre una herida para proteger la dermis durante el proceso de regeneración.
  2. 2
    Tipo de caparazón formado en el suelo por la caliza o el yeso.
  3. 3
    Parte de paella que consiste en el arroz tostado y adherido al recipiente.

Synonyms

postilla

This word in other languages

crust(English)crosta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccostra
  • cosrta
  • cosstra
  • costrra
  • costtra
  • cotsra
  • csotra
  • ocstra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of costra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccostra1cosrta2cosstra1costrra1costtra1cotsra2csotra2ocstra2
Edit distance from "costra"

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 "costra"?
"costra" is spelled C-O-S-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkost̪ɾa].
What does "costra" mean?
As a noun, "costra" means: Tejido temporal formado por las plaquetas que cubre una herida para proteger la dermis durante el proceso de regeneración.
What words are commonly confused with "costra"?
"costra" is commonly confused with "Cota", "costura", "costuras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costra" is [ˈkost̪ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costra" come from?
"costra" 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 "costra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

creáis#44,082debías#44,095comeré#44,058cadmio#44,019

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

curse8 variantsCelis8 variantsdirty8 variantscarbó8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list