acogevsacogióConfusable pair

Which to use

“acoge” and “acogió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,596
“acoge” frequency rank
#18,137
“acogió” frequency rank
31733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acoge acogió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acoger. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acoger.

Where the eye mixes acoge and acogió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acoge runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against acogió's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
acoge
6 ch
acogió

Visual trap between acoge and acogió

A purely visual mix-up. acoge ([aˈkoxe]) and acogió ([akoˈxjo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acoge is recorded at frequency rank #13,596, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkoxe]. acogió is at rank #18,137, tagged as averb, pronounced [akoˈxjo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31733, this pair ranks #205,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acoge vs acogió

Shared letters: acgo. Private to "acoge": e. Private to "acogió": ió.

"acoge" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "acogió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acoge ← accoge · acgoe · acoeg · acogge · aocge · caoge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acoge" and "acogió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkoxe] versus [akoˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acoge" vs "acogió" - which ranks higher?
"acoge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,596 in our Spanish list, against #18,137 for "acogió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acoge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acogió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acoge" and "acogió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acogió vs agobio". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #205,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list