cosmetics

\kus.me.ˈtit͡s\

/\kus.me.ˈtit͡s\/ adj

The verdict

“cosmetics” is uncommon French (frequency #78,300 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,300
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de cosmetic.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cosmetics · cosmetics · French

cosmetics · rank #78,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,300
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corrupteur

Nearest frequency peer: corrupteur (-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 « cosmetics »

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 « cosmetics » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cosmetics
PropertyValue
Headwordcosmetics
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kus.me.ˈtit͡s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,300
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cosmetics » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « corrupteur » (#78,299), « cornées » (#78,298), « couard » (#78,302). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cosmetics » est au #78,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cosmetics is uncommon French at frequency #78,300 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kus.me.ˈtit͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de cosmetic.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cosmetics, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cosmetics, spelled C-O-S-M-E-T-I-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de cosmetic.

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 "cosmetics"?
"cosmetics" is spelled C-O-S-M-E-T-I-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kus.me.ˈtit͡s\.
What does "cosmetics" mean?
As an adjective, "cosmetics" means: Masculin pluriel de cosmetic.
How do you pronounce "cosmetics"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosmetics" is \kus.me.ˈtit͡s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list