chozasvscosasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,492
“chozas” frequency rank
#107
“cosas” frequency rank
34599
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chozas cosas
Definition Forma del plural de choza. Forma del plural de cosa.

Where the eye mixes chozas and cosas

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

6 ch
chozas
5 ch
cosas

Why the eye confuses chozas with cosas

A purely visual mix-up. chozas ([ˈt͡ʃosas]) and cosas ([ˈkosas]) 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 34599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chozas is recorded at frequency rank #34,492, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃosas]. cosas is at rank #107, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkosas].

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 34599, this pair ranks #190,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chozas vs cosas

Shared letters: acos. Private to "chozas": hz. Private to "cosas": -.

"chozas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "cosas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chozascchozas · chhozas · choazs · chozass · chozsa · chozzas · chzoas · cohzas
  • cosasccosas · coass · cosass · cossa · cossas · csoas · ocsas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chozas" for "cosas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt͡ʃosas] versus [ˈkosas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "chozas" or "cosas"?
"cosas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #107 in our Spanish list, against #34,492 for "chozas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chozas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cosas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chozas" and "cosas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cholos vs chozas". 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 #190,559 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