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

#31,266
“cocer” frequency rank
#44,058
“comeré” frequency rank
75324
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocer comeré
Definition Cocinar sumergiendo los alimentos en agua muy caliente o hirviendo. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cocer and comeré

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

5 ch
cocer
6 ch
comeré

Visual trap between cocer and comeré

A purely visual mix-up. cocer ([koˈseɾ]) and comeré ([komeˈɾe]) 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 75324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocer is recorded at frequency rank #31,266, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈseɾ]. comeré is at rank #44,058, tagged as averb, pronounced [komeˈɾe].

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 75324, this pair ranks #19,778 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocer vs comeré

Shared letters: ceor. Private to "cocer": -. Private to "comeré": mé.

"cocer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "comeré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocer ← ccocer · ccoer · coccer · cocerr · cocre · coecr · occer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocer" for "comeré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈseɾ] versus [komeˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cocer" or "comeré" show up more?
"cocer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,266 in our Spanish list, against #44,058 for "comeré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "cocer" and "comeré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comeré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,778 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocer" and "comeré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comeré vs creeré". 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 #19,778 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