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

#32,561
“coagulación” frequency rank
#25,189
“congelación” frequency rank
57750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coagulación congelación
Definition Acción de coagular y su resultado. Estado de solidificación que sufre un líquido debido a una reducción de temperatura.

Where the eye mixes coagulación and congelación

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. coagulación (CVVCVCVCVVC) and congelación (CVCCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
coagulación
11 ch
congelación

Look-alike desk: coagulación vs congelación

A purely visual mix-up. coagulación ([koaɣ̞ulaˈsjõn]) and congelación ([kõŋxelaˈsjõn]) 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 57750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coagulación is recorded at frequency rank #32,561, classified as anoun, pronounced [koaɣ̞ulaˈsjõn]. congelación is at rank #25,189, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõŋxelaˈsjõn].

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 57750, this pair ranks #69,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of coagulación vs congelación

Shared letters: acgilnoó. Private to "coagulación": u. Private to "congelación": e.

"coagulación" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVC  ·  "congelación" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coagulación" for "congelación" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koaɣ̞ulaˈsjõn] versus [kõŋxelaˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "coagulación" or "congelación" show up more?
"congelación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,189 in our Spanish list, against #32,561 for "coagulación". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "coagulación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "congelación" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coagulación" and "congelación" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenación vs congelación". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #69,256 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