cosmo-
\kɔs.mo\
The verdict
“cosmo-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Préfixe formant des mots relatifs au cosmos, à l’univers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosmo- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \kɔs.mo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cosmo-” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cosmo- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \kɔs.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préfixe formant des mots relatifs au cosmos, à l’univers.".
cosmo- has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct French form is cosmo-, spelled C-O-S-M-O--.
Definition
- 1Préfixe formant des mots relatifs au cosmos, à l’univers.
This word in other languages
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 “cosmo-”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-S-M-O-- - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔs.mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.