cosse

Name: cosse, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɔs\

/\kɔs\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cosse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,195
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe de la graine, gousse, écorce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cosse · cosse · French

cosse · rank #33,195 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,195
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH cornée

Nearest frequency peer: cornée (-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.

cordeliers

66,809
coriandre

66,808
cornée

66,807
cosse

66,806
coupait

66,804
CPAS

66,803

What this shows « cosse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cosse vs CSS

0% similar

cosse vs côte

40% similar

cosse vs cost

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cosse
Property	Value
Headword	cosse
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\kɔs\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#33,195
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cosse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cossese place ici:

#33,195

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cornée » (#33,194), « coriandre » (#33,193), « coupait » (#33,197). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cosse » est au #33,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cosse (IPA \kɔs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,195 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cosse, with forms such as "ccosse", "cose", and "coses". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CSS", "côte", "cost", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cosse, spelled C-O-S-S-E.

Definition

1
Enveloppe de la graine, gousse, écorce.
2
Fruit de quelques arbustes, tels que le genêt.
3
Anneau de fer plat qui, recourbé sur les bords, présente une cannelure propre à recevoir et à maintenir un cordage dont on l’entoure.
4
Couche supérieure.
5
Roche calcaire mêlée de silex ou de grès.
6
Garniture métallique de l’extrémité d’un conducteur électrique.
7
Coque d’un navire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Cosse dure, tendre, ferme, longue.
Cosse de pois. Des pois en cosse.

Synonyms

virole

This word in other languages

pod(English)vaina(Español)Hülse(Deutsch)vagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccosse
cose
coses
csose
ocsse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cosse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "cosse"

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 "cosse"?

"cosse" is spelled C-O-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔs\.

What does "cosse" mean?

As a noun, "cosse" means: Enveloppe de la graine, gousse, écorce.

What words are commonly confused with "cosse"?

"cosse" is commonly confused with "CSS", "côte", "cost". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cosse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosse" is \kɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cosse" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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