cotejo

/[koˈt̪exo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,291

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

cotejo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de cotejar (comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias). Pronounced [koˈt̪exo]. Often confused with cojo and conejo.

Key facts for cotejo
PropertyValue
Headwordcotejo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈt̪exo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,291
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cotejo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cotejo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈt̪exo]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,291 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de cotejar (comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias).".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cotejo, with forms such as "ccotejo", "coetjo", and "cotejjo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cojo", "conejo", "conteo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cotejo, spelled C-O-T-E-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de cotejar (comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccotejo,coetjo,cotejjo,coteoj,cotjeo,cottejo,ctoejo,octejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cotejo

Misspelling Variants of "cotejo"

ccotejo7coetjo6cotejjo7coteoj6cotjeo6cottejo7ctoejo6octejo6
Misspelling Variants of "cotejo"

Frequency rank: #31,291 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cotejo"?
"cotejo" is spelled C-O-T-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈt̪exo].
What does "cotejo" mean?
As a noun, "cotejo" means: Acción o efecto de cotejar (comparar dos o más cosas para apreciar sus semejanzas y diferencias).
What words are commonly confused with "cotejo"?
"cotejo" is commonly confused with "cojo", "conejo", "conteo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cotejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cotejo" is [koˈt̪exo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cotejo" come from?
"cotejo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.