cedovscoñoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cedo is a verb, coño is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cedo” is a verb and “coño” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,635
“cedo” frequency rank
#3,169
“coño” frequency rank
50804
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cedo coño
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de ceder. Genitales internos y externos, es decir, vagina y vulva de la mujer.

Where the eye mixes cedo and coño

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
cedo
4 ch
coño

Look-alike desk: cedo vs coño

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cedo is [ˈseð̞o] while coño is [ˈkoɲo]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cedo is recorded at frequency rank #47,635, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈseð̞o]. coño is at rank #3,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoɲo].

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 50804, this pair ranks #101,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cedo vs coño

Shared letters: co. Private to "cedo": de. Private to "coño": ñ.

"cedo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "coño" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cedoccedo · cdeo · ceddo · ceod · ecdo · sedo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cedo" for "coño" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cedo" is a verb and "coño" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cedo" or "coño"?
"coño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,169 in our Spanish list, against #47,635 for "cedo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cedo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cedo" and "coño" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ceba vs cedo". 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 #101,258 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