cosmopolitan

noun

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The verdict

“cosmopolitan” is uncommon French (frequency #65,817 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,817
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cocktail composé essentiellement de quatre parts de vodka pour deux parts chacun de triple sec et de jus de canneberge et une part de jus de citron vert.

Key facts for cosmopolitan
PropertyValue
Headwordcosmopolitan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cosmopolitan” 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). cosmopolitan 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

cosmopolitan is uncommon French at frequency #65,817 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cocktail composé essentiellement de quatre parts de vodka pour deux parts chacun de triple sec et de jus de canneberge et une part de jus de citron vert.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cosmopolitan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cosmopolitan, spelled C-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cocktail composé essentiellement de quatre parts de vodka pour deux parts chacun de triple sec et de jus de canneberge et une part de jus de citron vert.

Synonyms

cosmo

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 "cosmopolitan"?
"cosmopolitan" is spelled C-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N.
What does "cosmopolitan" mean?
As a noun, "cosmopolitan" means: Cocktail composé essentiellement de quatre parts de vodka pour deux parts chacun de triple sec et de jus de canneberge et une part de jus de citron vert.
What language does "cosmopolitan" come from?
"cosmopolitan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cosmopolitan”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list