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Which to use

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

#15,258
“acoger” frequency rank
#18,137
“acogió” frequency rank
33395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acoger acogió
Definition Admitir la visita o compañía de alguien. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acoger.

Where the eye mixes acoger and acogió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acoger (VCVCVC) and acogió (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
acoger
6 ch
acogió

Why the eye confuses acoger with acogió

A purely visual mix-up. acoger ([akoˈxeɾ]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acoger is recorded at frequency rank #15,258, classified as averb, pronounced [akoˈxeɾ]. 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 33395, this pair ranks #197,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acoger vs acogió

Shared letters: acgo. Private to "acoger": er. Private to "acogió": ió.

"acoger" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "acogió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acoger ← accoger · acgoer · acoegr · acogerr · acogger · acogre · aocger · caoger

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acoger" for "acogió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akoˈxeɾ] versus [akoˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acoger" or "acogió"?
"acoger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,258 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 "acoger" 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 #197,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acoger" 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 #197,038 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