costura

[kosˈt̪uɾa]

/[kosˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

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The verdict

“costura” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,679
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de coser

Corpus desk

Index ES-costura · costura · Spanish

costura · rank #19,679 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,679
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cosquillas

Nearest frequency peer: cosquillas (-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 “costura”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “costura” 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).

costura vs cultura
71% similar
costura vs costuras
88% similar
costura vs costa
71% similar

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

Key facts for costura
PropertyValue
Headwordcostura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kosˈt̪uɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,679
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “costura”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).costuracae 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 “cosquillas” (#19,678), “criollos” (#19,680), “cortejo” (#19,677). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “costura” va en #19,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around costura (IPA [kosˈt̪uɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,679 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for costura, with forms such as "ccostura", "cosstura", and "costrua". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "cultura", "costuras", "costa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 costura, spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de coser
  2. 2
    Labor que se está cosiendo aún sin terminar.
  3. 3
    Oficio del que cose
  4. 4
    Serie de puntadas que en una prenda o similar mantienen unidas las distintas piezas que la componen

This word in other languages

sewing(English)couture(Français)Couture(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccostura
  • cosstura
  • costrua
  • costtura
  • costuar
  • costurra
  • cosutra
  • cotsura
  • csotura
  • ocstura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccostura1cosstura1costrua2costtura1costuar2costurra1cosutra2cotsura2
Edit distance from "costura"

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 "costura"?
"costura" is spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kosˈt̪uɾa].
What does "costura" mean?
As a noun, "costura" means: Acción o efecto de coser
What words are commonly confused with "costura"?
"costura" is commonly confused with "cultura", "costuras", "costa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costura" is [kosˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costura" come from?
"costura" 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 "costura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cortejo#19,677cubanas#19,683cuervos#19,685culmina#19,686

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

criollos10 variantsdesarme10 variantsdividió10 variantsCarmelo10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list