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

#30,792
“cagamos” frequency rank
#31,703
“cogemos” frequency rank
62495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagamos cogemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cagar o de cagarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de coger.

Where the eye mixes cagamos and cogemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cagamos and cogemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cagamos
7 ch
cogemos

Visual trap between cagamos and cogemos

A purely visual mix-up. cagamos ([kaˈɣ̞amos]) and cogemos ([koˈxemos]) 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 62495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cagamos is recorded at frequency rank #30,792, classified as averb, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞amos]. cogemos is at rank #31,703, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈxemos].

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 62495, this pair ranks #51,848 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cagamos vs cogemos

Shared letters: cgmos. Private to "cagamos": a. Private to "cogemos": e.

"cagamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cogemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagamosacgamos · caagmos · cagammos · cagamoss · cagamso · cagaoms · caggamos · cagmaos
  • cogemosccogemos · cgoemos · coegmos · cogemmos · cogemoss · cogemso · cogeoms · coggemos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cagamos" and "cogemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈɣ̞amos] versus [koˈxemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cagamos" or "cogemos"?
"cagamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,792 in our Spanish list, against #31,703 for "cogemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cagamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,848 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagamos" and "cogemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogemos vs contemos". 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 #51,848 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