Which to use
“cocido” is an adjective and “cosido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,564
- “cocido” frequency rank
- #44,668
- “cosido” frequency rank
- 60232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocido | cosido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cocinado, hervido en agua. | Participio de coser o de coserse. |
Same sound, different letters: cocido vs cosido
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cocido and cosido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: cocido vs cosido
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cocido and cosido carry the same recorded pronunciation, [koˈsið̞o]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - c in “cocido” becomes s in “cosido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60232, 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]. cosido is at rank #44,668, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈsið̞o].
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 60232, this pair ranks #59,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cocido vs cosido
Shared letters: cdio. Private to "cocido": -. Private to "cosido": s.
"cocido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cosido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cocido" and "cosido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cocido" or "cosido"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cosido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocido" and "cosido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cosido". 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 #59,680 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.