Kosovo

\ko.so.vo\

/\ko.so.vo\/ name

The verdict

“Kosovo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,926
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaste plaine constituant la partie orientale de la province du Kosovo telle qu’on la connaît actuellement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kosovo · Kosovo · French

Kosovo · rank #16,926 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,926
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jung

Nearest frequency peer: jung (-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 « Kosovo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kosovo » 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
Key facts for Kosovo
PropertyValue
HeadwordKosovo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ko.so.vo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,926
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kosovo »

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

#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 « jung » (#16,925), « laden » (#16,927), « lard » (#16,928). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kosovo » est au #16,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kosovo (IPA \ko.so.vo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,926 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kosovo, with forms such as "kkosovo", "koosvo", and "kosoov". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kosovo, spelled K-O-S-O-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaste plaine constituant la partie orientale de la province du Kosovo telle qu’on la connaît actuellement.
  2. 2
    Territoire au statut contesté (pays indépendant ou région autonome serbe) situé en Europe du Sud dans les Balkans et en ex-Yougoslavie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marko Kraliévitch, homme rocher, était l’image virile de la force ; les veuves de Kosovo enlacées et pleurant leurs morts me chuchotaient que le deuil est encore une forme de volupté.
  2. En 2000, je suis allé au Kosovo et j'ai revêtu une de ces cuirasses des démineurs. C'est lourd, ça pèse trente-cinq kilos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkosovo
  • koosvo
  • kosoov
  • kosovvo
  • kossovo
  • kosvoo
  • ksoovo
  • oksovo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kosovo - 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.

kkosovo1koosvo2kosoov2kosovvo1kossovo1kosvoo2ksoovo2oksovo2
Edit distance from "Kosovo"

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 "Kosovo"?
"Kosovo" is spelled K-O-S-O-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.so.vo\.
What does "Kosovo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kosovo" means: Vaste plaine constituant la partie orientale de la province du Kosovo telle qu’on la connaît actuellement.
What are common misspellings of "Kosovo"?
Common misspellings include "kkosovo", "koosvo", "kosoov", "kosovvo", "kossovo". The correct spelling is "Kosovo".
How do you pronounce "Kosovo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kosovo" is \ko.so.vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kosovo" come from?
"Kosovo" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list