cose

noun

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The verdict

“cose” is uncommon French (frequency #67,403 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,403
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de chose.

Key facts for cose
PropertyValue
Headwordcose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cose” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cose lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cose is uncommon French at frequency #67,403 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de chose.".

cose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cose, spelled C-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de chose.

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 "cose"?
"cose" is spelled C-O-S-E.
What does "cose" mean?
As a noun, "cose" means: Variante de chose.
What language does "cose" come from?
"cose" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “cose”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list