cosses
\kɔs\
The verdict
“cosses” is uncommon French (frequency #80,081 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,081
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cosse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cosses · cosses · French
cosses · rank #80,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,081
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH coronarienne
Nearest frequency peer: coronarienne (-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 « cosses »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coron
coron
19,922 corpus weight
- coronarienne
coronarienne
19,921 corpus weight
- cosses
cosses
19,920 corpus weight
- costumée
costumée
19,919 corpus weight
- coudonc
coudonc
19,918 corpus weight
- couic
couic
19,917 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cosses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cosses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cosses is uncommon French at frequency #80,081 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cosse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cosses, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cosses, spelled C-O-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cosse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cosses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bref, c’est ici comme partout : l’urbanisme attire et dévore. Il rejette ces cosses vides : les chômeurs.
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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