acogenvsacosanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,896
“acogen” frequency rank
#35,324
“acosan” frequency rank
72220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acogen acosan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acoger. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acosar.

Where the eye mixes acogen and acosan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
acogen
6 ch
acosan

Look-alike desk: acogen vs acosan

A purely visual mix-up. acogen ([aˈkoxẽn]) and acosan ([aˈkosãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acogen is recorded at frequency rank #36,896, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈkoxẽn]. acosan is at rank #35,324, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈkosãn].

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 72220, this pair ranks #25,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acogen vs acosan

Shared letters: acno. Private to "acogen": eg. Private to "acosan": s.

"acogen" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "acosan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acogenaccogen · acgoen · acoegn · acogenn · acoggen · acogne · aocgen · caogen
  • acosanaccosan · acoasn · acosann · acosna · acossan · acsoan · aocsan · caosan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acogen" for "acosan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkoxẽn] versus [aˈkosãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acogen" or "acosan"?
"acosan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,324 in our Spanish list, against #36,896 for "acogen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "acogen" and "acosan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acosan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acogen" and "acosan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acogen vs acogerá". 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 #25,841 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