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

#15,564
“cocido” frequency rank
#4,696
“cómodo” frequency rank
20260
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocido cómodo
Definition Cocinado, hervido en agua. Dicho de una cosa: confortable, que brinda comodidad.

Where the eye mixes cocido and cómodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cocido
6 ch
cómodo

Look-alike desk: cocido vs cómodo

A purely visual mix-up. cocido ([koˈsið̞o]) and cómodo ([ˈkomoð̞o]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocido is recorded at frequency rank #15,564, classified as anadj, pronounced [koˈsið̞o]. cómodo is at rank #4,696, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkomoð̞o].

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 20260, this pair ranks #260,106 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cocido vs cómodo

Shared letters: cdo. Private to "cocido": i. Private to "cómodo": .

"cocido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cómodo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocidoccocido · ccoido · coccido · cocdio · cociddo · cociod · coicdo · occido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cocido" and "cómodo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([koˈsið̞o] versus [ˈkomoð̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cocido" or "cómodo"?
"cómodo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,696 in our Spanish list, against #15,564 for "cocido". 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 "cocido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cómodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,106 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocido" and "cómodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocido vs cogidos". 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 #260,106 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