cogían

[koˈxiãn]

/[koˈxiãn]/ verb

The verdict

“cogían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,104 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,104
frequency rank, Spanish
77,812
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger.

Key facts for cogían
PropertyValue
Headwordcogían
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈxiãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cogían” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cogían lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cogían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,104 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koˈxiãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cogían, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cogían, spelled C-O-G-Í-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cogían"?
"cogían" is spelled C-O-G-Í-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈxiãn].
What does "cogían" mean?
As a verb, "cogían" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger.
How do you pronounce "cogían"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cogían" is [koˈxiãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cogían" come from?
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Using “cogían”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-G-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [koˈxiãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list