cotejar

[kot̪eˈxaɾ]

/[kot̪eˈxaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“cotejar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,165 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,165
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confrontar o comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias, especialmente hablando de una copia con su original.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cotejar · cotejar · Spanish

cotejar · rank #50,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,165
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cortaste

Nearest frequency peer: cortaste (-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 “cotejar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cotejar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cotejar
PropertyValue
Headwordcotejar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kot̪eˈxaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cotejar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cotejarcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cortaste” (#50,164), “cotos” (#50,166), “corriera” (#50,163). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cotejar” va en #50,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cotejar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,165 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kot̪eˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Confrontar o comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias, especialmente hablando de una copia con su original.".

cotejar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cotejar, spelled C-O-T-E-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confrontar o comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias, especialmente hablando de una copia con su original.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cotejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Algunos Autóres se han citado por los folios, ò páginas de sus obras, para mas conveniéncia de quien quisiere cotejar la autoridád que se refiere

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cotejar"?
"cotejar" is spelled C-O-T-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kot̪eˈxaɾ].
What does "cotejar" mean?
As a verb, "cotejar" means: Confrontar o comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias, especialmente hablando de una copia con su original.
How do you pronounce "cotejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cotejar" is [kot̪eˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cotejar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cotejar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list