cost
/ˈkɔst/
The verdict
“cost” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,928
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - custo
Corpus desk
Index PT-cost · cost · Portuguese
cost · rank #22,928 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,928
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH críquete
Nearest frequency peer: críquete (+2 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cost”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- compatriota
compatriota
77,085 corpus weight
- contrair
contrair
77,076 corpus weight
- cost
cost
77,073 corpus weight
- críquete
críquete
77,071 corpus weight
- desapropria…
desapropriação
77,062 corpus weight
- deslocação
deslocação
77,057 corpus weight
What this shows “cost” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cost |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔst/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cost”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cost (IPA /ˈkɔst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,928 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cost, with forms such as "ccost", "cosst", and "costt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "CSA", "cota", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cost, spelled C-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1custo
- 2atanásia-dos-jardins (Tanacetum balsamita)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccost
- cosst
- costt
- cots
- csot
- ocst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cost - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cost", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).