costras
[ˈkost̪ɾas]
The verdict
“costras” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,504 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,504
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de costra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkost̪ɾas] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “costras” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
costras is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,504 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkost̪ɾas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de costra.".
Zero misspellings are on record for costras in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is costras, spelled C-O-S-T-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de 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.
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Using “costras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-T-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkost̪ɾas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.