cocidosvscogimosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cocidos is a participle, cogimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cocidos” is a participle and “cogimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,006
“cocidos” frequency rank
#46,423
“cogimos” frequency rank
80429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocidos cogimos
Definition Forma del plural de cocido, participio de cocer. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de coger.

Where the eye mixes cocidos and cogimos

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

7 ch
cocidos
7 ch
cogimos

Why the eye confuses cocidos with cogimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cocidos is [koˈsið̞os] while cogimos is [koˈximos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80429, 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]. cogimos is at rank #46,423, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈximos].

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 80429, this pair ranks #11,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocidos vs cogimos

Shared letters: cios. Private to "cocidos": d. Private to "cogimos": gm.

"cocidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cogimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocidosccocidos · ccoidos · coccidos · cocdios · cociddos · cocidoss · cocidso · cociods
  • cogimosccogimos · cgoimos · coggimos · cogimmos · cogimoss · cogimso · cogioms · cogmios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocidos" for "cogimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cocidos" is a participle and "cogimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cocidos" or "cogimos"?
"cocidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,006 in our Spanish list, against #46,423 for "cogimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocidos" and "cogimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogimos vs copiamos". 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 #11,658 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