cocidavsconcisaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#29,110
“cocida” frequency rank
#30,823
“concisa” frequency rank
59933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocida concisa
Definition Dicho de la carne: cocida hasta haberle quitado todo el jugo. Forma del femenino singular de conciso.

Where the eye mixes cocida and concisa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cocida
7 ch
concisa

Visual trap between cocida and concisa

A purely visual mix-up. cocida ([koˈsið̞a]) and concisa ([kõnˈsisa]) 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 59933, 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]. concisa is at rank #30,823, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõnˈsisa].

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 59933, this pair ranks #60,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocida vs concisa

Shared letters: acio. Private to "cocida": d. Private to "concisa": ns.

"cocida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "concisa" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocidaccocida · ccoida · coccida · cocdia · cociad · cocidda · coicda · cosida
  • concisacconcisa · cnocisa · cocnisa · conccisa · concias · concissa · concsia · conicsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocida" for "concisa" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈsið̞a] versus [kõnˈsisa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cocida" or "concisa" show up more?
"cocida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,110 in our Spanish list, against #30,823 for "concisa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concisa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocida" and "concisa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocida vs copita". 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 #60,780 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