cocinadovscocinasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cocinado is a verb, cocinas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cocinado” is a verb and “cocinas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,358
“cocinado” frequency rank
#15,312
“cocinas” frequency rank
41670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocinado cocinas
Definition Participio de cocinar. Forma del plural de cocina.

Where the eye mixes cocinado and cocinas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cocinado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against cocinas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cocinado
7 ch
cocinas

Look-alike desk: cocinado vs cocinas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cocinado is [kosiˈnað̞o] while cocinas is [koˈsinas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocinado is recorded at frequency rank #26,358, classified as averb, pronounced [kosiˈnað̞o]. cocinas is at rank #15,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈsinas].

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 41670, this pair ranks #152,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cocinado vs cocinas

Shared letters: acino. Private to "cocinado": d. Private to "cocinas": s.

"cocinado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "cocinas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocinadoccocinado · ccoinado · coccinado · cociando · cocinaddo · cocinaod · cocindao · cocniado
  • cocinasccocinas · ccoinas · coccinas · cocians · cocinass · cocinnas · cocinsa · cocnias

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cocinado" and "cocinas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cocinado" is a verb and "cocinas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cocinado" vs "cocinas" - which ranks higher?
"cocinas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,312 in our Spanish list, against #26,358 for "cocinado". 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 "cocinado" and "cocinas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cocinas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocinado" and "cocinas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocinaba vs cocinado". 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 #152,375 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