cosmodrome
\kɔs.mɔ.dʁom\
The verdict
“cosmodrome” is uncommon French (frequency #86,579 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,579
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spatiodrome russe, base spatiale soviétique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cosmodrome · cosmodrome · French
cosmodrome · rank #86,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,579
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH coupais
Nearest frequency peer: coupais (+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 « cosmodrome »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- corsée
corsée
13,425 corpus weight
- corton
corton
13,424 corpus weight
- cosmodrome
cosmodrome
13,422 corpus weight
- coupais
coupais
13,421 corpus weight
- coupleur
coupleur
13,420 corpus weight
- covering
covering
13,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cosmodrome » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosmodrome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔs.mɔ.dʁom\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cosmodrome » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cosmodrome is uncommon French at frequency #86,579 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔs.mɔ.dʁom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spatiodrome russe, base spatiale soviétique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cosmodrome in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cosmodrome, spelled C-O-S-M-O-D-R-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Spatiodrome russe, base spatiale soviétique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cosmodrome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les spationautes s’étaient envolés à 20H43 GMT jeudi du cosmodrome russe de Baïkonour, dans les steppes du Kazakhstan, et ont ainsi rejoint l’ISS après un peu moins de six heures de vol, grâce à une nouvelle procédure, alors que le voyage durait auparavant deux jours.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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