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

#34,006
“cocidos” frequency rank
#47,004
“cogidos” frequency rank
81010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocidos cogidos
Definition Forma del plural de cocido, participio de cocer. Forma del plural de cogido, participio de coger.

Where the eye mixes cocidos and cogidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cocidos and cogidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cocidos
7 ch
cogidos

Visual trap between cocidos and cogidos

A purely visual mix-up. cocidos ([koˈsið̞os]) and cogidos ([koˈxið̞os]) 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 a single letter - c in “cocidos” becomes g in “cogidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocidos is recorded at frequency rank #34,006, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈsið̞os]. cogidos is at rank #47,004, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈxið̞os].

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 81010, this pair ranks #10,931 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocidos vs cogidos

Shared letters: cdios. Private to "cocidos": -. Private to "cogidos": g.

"cocidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cogidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocidosccocidos · ccoidos · coccidos · cocdios · cociddos · cocidoss · cocidso · cociods
  • cogidosccogidos · cgoidos · cogdios · coggidos · cogiddos · cogidoss · cogidso · cogiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cocidos" and "cogidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈsið̞os] versus [koˈxið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cocidos" vs "cogidos" - which ranks higher?
"cocidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,006 in our Spanish list, against #47,004 for "cogidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,931 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocidos" and "cogidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cogimos". 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 #10,931 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