cocidavscogíaConfusable pair

Quick tell: cocida is a adjective, cogía is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cocida” is an adjective and “cogía” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,110
“cocida” frequency rank
#34,500
“cogía” frequency rank
63610
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocida cogía
Definition Dicho de la carne: cocida hasta haberle quitado todo el jugo. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger.

Where the eye mixes cocida and cogía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cocida runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cogía's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cocida
5 ch
cogía

Look-alike desk: cocida vs cogía

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cocida is [koˈsið̞a] while cogía is [koˈxia]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocida is recorded at frequency rank #29,110, classified as anadj, pronounced [koˈsið̞a]. cogía is at rank #34,500, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈxia].

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 63610, this pair ranks #48,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocida vs cogía

Shared letters: aco. Private to "cocida": di. Private to "cogía": gí.

"cocida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cogía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocida ← ccocida · ccoida · coccida · cocdia · cociad · cocidda · coicda · cosida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cocida" and "cogía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cocida" is an adjective and "cogía" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cocida" vs "cogía" - which ranks higher?
"cocida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,110 in our Spanish list, against #34,500 for "cogía". 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 "cocida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocida" and "cogía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogía vs coin". 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 #48,210 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