Kos
/ˈkoʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“Kos” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,457 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,457
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Áries, primeiro signo do zodíaco
Corpus desk
Index PT-kos · Kos · Portuguese
Kos · rank #87,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,457
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH lonesome
Nearest frequency peer: lonesome (+21 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Kos”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Iceland
Iceland
12,597 corpus weight
- imanência
imanência
12,589 corpus weight
- Kos
Kos
12,544 corpus weight
- lonesome
lonesome
12,523 corpus weight
- maggio
maggio
12,519 corpus weight
- Mioto
Mioto
12,496 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Kos” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkoʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #87,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Kos” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Kos is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,457 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkoʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Áries, primeiro signo do zodíaco".
Kos has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Kos, spelled K-O-S.
Definition
- 1Áries, primeiro signo do zodíaco
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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