cestovscoitoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,014
“cesto” frequency rank
#30,814
“coito” frequency rank
63828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cesto coito
Definition Recipiente tejido con mimbres, varillas u otros derivados de la madera, o hecho con materiales sintéticos, en especial cuando es más alto que ancho, y de mayor tamaño que una cesta normal. Acto sexual, biológicamente funcional a la reproducción de los animales vertebrados, en que entran en contacto los genitales de los participantes.

Where the eye mixes cesto and coito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cesto (CVCCV) and coito (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cesto
5 ch
coito

Visual trap between cesto and coito

A purely visual mix-up. cesto ([ˈsest̪o]) and coito ([ˈkojt̪o]) 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 63828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cesto is recorded at frequency rank #33,014, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsest̪o]. coito is at rank #30,814, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkojt̪o].

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 63828, this pair ranks #47,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cesto vs coito

Shared letters: cot. Private to "cesto": es. Private to "coito": i.

"cesto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "coito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cesto ← ccesto · cesot · cessto · cestto · cetso · cseto · ecsto · sesto
  • coito ← ccoito · cioto · coiot · coitto · cotio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cesto" and "coito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈsest̪o] versus [ˈkojt̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cesto" vs "coito" - which ranks higher?
"coito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,814 in our Spanish list, against #33,014 for "cesto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cesto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cesto" and "coito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedo vs cesto". 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 #47,462 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