costume

\kɔs.tym\

/\kɔs.tym\/ noun

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The verdict

“costume” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,658
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière spécifique de se vêtir avec une connotation historique ou régionale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-costume · costume · French

costume · rank #4,658 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,658
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consultation

Nearest frequency peer: consultation (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « costume »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

costume vs couture
71% similar
costume vs coutume
86% similar
costume vs costumes
88% similar

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

Key facts for costume
PropertyValue
Headwordcostume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔs.tym\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,658
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « costume »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).costumese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « consultation » (#4,657), « crâne » (#4,659), « conquête » (#4,656). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « costume » est au #4,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around costume (IPA \kɔs.tym\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,658 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for costume, with forms such as "ccostume", "cosstume", and "costmue". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "couture", "coutume", "costumes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is costume, spelled C-O-S-T-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière spécifique de se vêtir avec une connotation historique ou régionale.
  2. 2
    Habillement au théâtre ; déguisement.
  3. 3
    Vêtement professionnel.
  4. 4
    Habit masculin formé d’une veste et d’un pantalon assortis, parfois complétés par un gilet du même tissu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Leur costume consistait en une grossière vareuse de laine noire connue dans tous les pays scandinaves sous le nom de « vadmel », un chapeau à vastes bords, un pantalon à lisère rouge et un morceau de cuir replié en manière de chaussure.
  2. Les femmes, très coquettes, revêtent en général le costume traditionnel ; la petite veste très serrée moulant le torse et les bras, passe dans la ceinture d'une culotte flottante.

Synonyms

completcostardtenue

This word in other languages

costume(English)vestuario(Español)Tracht(Deutsch)traje(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccostume
  • cosstume
  • costmue
  • costtume
  • costuem
  • costumme
  • cosutme
  • cotsume
  • csotume
  • ocstume

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of costume - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccostume1cosstume1costmue2costtume1costuem2costumme1cosutme2cotsume2
Edit distance from "costume"

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 "costume"?
"costume" is spelled C-O-S-T-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔs.tym\.
What does "costume" mean?
As a noun, "costume" means: Manière spécifique de se vêtir avec une connotation historique ou régionale.
What words are commonly confused with "costume"?
"costume" is commonly confused with "couture", "coutume", "costumes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costume" is \kɔs.tym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costume" come from?
"costume" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisit#4,653Chicago#4,652ampleur#4,641guitare#4,676

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

lâcher10 variantsmoyennes10 variantspassages10 variantsphrases10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list