caguenvscogenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#33,979
“caguen” frequency rank
#19,062
“cogen” frequency rank
53041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caguen cogen
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de cagar o de cagarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de coger.

Where the eye mixes caguen and cogen

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

6 ch
caguen
5 ch
cogen

Look-alike desk: caguen vs cogen

A purely visual mix-up. caguen ([ˈkaɣ̞ẽn]) and cogen ([ˈkoxẽn]) 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 53041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caguen is recorded at frequency rank #33,979, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkaɣ̞ẽn]. cogen is at rank #19,062, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkoxẽn].

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 53041, this pair ranks #89,790 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caguen vs cogen

Shared letters: cegn. Private to "caguen": au. Private to "cogen": o.

"caguen" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "cogen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caguen ← acguen · cageun · cagguen · caguenn · cagune · caugen · ccaguen · cgauen
  • cogen ← ccogen · cgoen · coegn · cogenn · coggen · cogne · ocgen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caguen" for "cogen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkaɣ̞ẽn] versus [ˈkoxẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "caguen" vs "cogen" - which ranks higher?
"cogen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,062 in our Spanish list, against #33,979 for "caguen". 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 "caguen" and "cogen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caguen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,790 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caguen" and "cogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caguen vs calmen". 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 #89,790 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