acosta

\aˈkos.ta\

/\aˈkos.ta\/ verb

The verdict

“acosta” is uncommon French (frequency #54,376 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,376
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de acostar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acosta · acosta · French

acosta · rank #54,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,376
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acomptes

Nearest frequency peer: acomptes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « acosta »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « acosta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acosta
PropertyValue
Headwordacosta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\aˈkos.ta\
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,376
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acosta » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).acostatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « acomptes » (#54,375), « adhésifs » (#54,377), « achèteront » (#54,374). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acosta » est au #54,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acosta is uncommon French at frequency #54,376 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \aˈkos.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for acosta in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acosta, spelled A-C-O-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de acostar.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) de l’impératif de acostar.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acosta"?
"acosta" is spelled A-C-O-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \aˈkos.ta\.
What does "acosta" mean?
As a verb, "acosta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de acostar.
How do you pronounce "acosta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acosta" is \aˈkos.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acosta" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list