cossu

\kɔ.sy\

/\kɔ.sy\/ adj

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The verdict

“cossu” is uncommon French (frequency #67,405 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,405
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de cosses, en parlant des tiges de pois, de fèves.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cossu · cossu · French

cossu · rank #67,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,405
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cosigné

Nearest frequency peer: cosigné (-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 « cossu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cossu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cossu
PropertyValue
Headwordcossu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.sy\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cossu » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cossutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cosigné » (#67,404), « couiner » (#67,406), « cose » (#67,403). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cossu » est au #67,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cossu is uncommon French at frequency #67,405 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.sy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cossu, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cossu, spelled C-O-S-S-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a beaucoup de cosses, en parlant des tiges de pois, de fèves.
  2. 2
    Qui est dans l’aisance, en parlant des personnes.
  3. 3
    Qui dénote l’aisance, en parlant des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. champ cossu — champ qui a beaucoup de cosses de pois
  2. M. Tuvache, le maire, avec ses deux fils, gens cossus, bourrus, obtus, cultivant leurs terres eux-mêmes.

This word in other languages

plush(English)felpa(Español)wohlhabend(Deutsch)

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 "cossu"?
"cossu" is spelled C-O-S-S-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.sy\.
What does "cossu" mean?
As an adjective, "cossu" means: Qui a beaucoup de cosses, en parlant des tiges de pois, de fèves.
How do you pronounce "cossu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cossu" is \kɔ.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cossu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

crépi#67,412curer#67,418céans#67,420coman#67,388

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list