cognición
[koɣ̞niˈsjõn]
The verdict
“cognición” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,429 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,429
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proceso y resultado de conocer (usar las facultades intelectuales para tener conciencia o noción de las cosas).
Corpus desk
Index ES-cognicion · cognición · Spanish
cognición · rank #53,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,429
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cocinada
Nearest frequency peer: cocinada (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cognición”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- clorofila
clorofila
46,574 corpus weight
- cocinada
cocinada
46,573 corpus weight
- cognición
cognición
46,572 corpus weight
- coleando
coleando
46,571 corpus weight
- compartiré
compartiré
46,570 corpus weight
- compartíamos
compartíamos
46,569 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cognición” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cognición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koɣ̞niˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cognición” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cognición is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,429 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koɣ̞niˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cognición in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cognición, spelled C-O-G-N-I-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Proceso y resultado de conocer (usar las facultades intelectuales para tener conciencia o noción de las cosas).
- 2Capacidad para recibir, recordar, comprender, organizar, procesar y usar la información recogida por los sentidos.
- 3Percepción mental o intuición sobre el ser total e individual de algo o de alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cognición appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vi una nube. Tuve una cognición intuitiva de esta nube, y en la base de esta cognición di mi asentimiento al juicio evidente: «Allí está la nube»
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).