low-cost
\lo.kɔst\
The verdict
“low-cost” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À coûts réduits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-low-cost · low-cost · French
low-cost · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | low-cost |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lo.kɔst\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
low-cost is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lo.kɔst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À coûts réduits.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for low-cost, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is low-cost, spelled L-O-W---C-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1À coûts réduits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how low-cost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après une grève de plus d’un mois et le départ des trois quarts de sa rédaction, la chaîne d’information en continu est rebaptisée CNews et se transforme en média low-cost, qui privilégie les commentaires en plateau (peu coûteux) plutôt que le reportage et le travail de terrain.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.