otra cosa
[ˈot̪ɾa ˈkosa]
The verdict
“otra cosa” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Se dice de algo que se hace distinto u opuesto a lo que se hace en el momento.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otra cosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈot̪ɾa ˈkosa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “otra cosa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for otra cosa is 9 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈot̪ɾa ˈkosa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for otra cosa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is otra cosa, spelled O-T-R-A- -C-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Se dice de algo que se hace distinto u opuesto a lo que se hace en el momento.
- 2Algo para distraer generalmente a un niño con el fin de apartarlo de una situación peligrosa o indebida.
- 3Dícese de un oficio diferente al que normalmente se ejerce.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “otra cosa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-T-R-A- -C-O-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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