cagadovscogidoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cagado is a adjective, cogido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cagado” is an adjective and “cogido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,296
“cagado” frequency rank
#11,002
“cogido” frequency rank
26298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagado cogido
Definition Que contiene excrementos. Participio de coger.

Where the eye mixes cagado and cogido

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

6 ch
cagado
6 ch
cogido

Look-alike desk: cagado vs cogido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cagado is [kaˈɣ̞að̞o] while cogido is [koˈxið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cagado is recorded at frequency rank #15,296, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞o]. cogido is at rank #11,002, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈxið̞o].

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 26298, this pair ranks #232,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cagado vs cogido

Shared letters: cdgo. Private to "cagado": a. Private to "cogido": i.

"cagado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cogido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagadoacgado · caagdo · cagaddo · cagaod · cagdao · caggado · ccagado · cgaado
  • cogidoccogido · cgoido · cogdio · coggido · cogiddo · cogiod · coigdo · ocgido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cagado" and "cogido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cagado" is an adjective and "cogido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cagado" vs "cogido" - which ranks higher?
"cogido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,002 in our Spanish list, against #15,296 for "cagado". 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 "cagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagado" and "cogido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagado vs cenado". 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 #232,307 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