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

#15,312
“cocinas” frequency rank
#35,947
“cojines” frequency rank
51259
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocinas cojines
Definition Forma del plural de cocina. Forma del plural de cojín.

Where the eye mixes cocinas and cojines

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cocinas and cojines follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cocinas
7 ch
cojines

Why the eye confuses cocinas with cojines

A purely visual mix-up. cocinas ([koˈsinas]) and cojines ([koˈxines]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocinas is recorded at frequency rank #15,312, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈsinas]. cojines is at rank #35,947, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈxines].

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 51259, this pair ranks #98,801 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cocinas vs cojines

Shared letters: cinos. Private to "cocinas": a. Private to "cojines": ej.

"cocinas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cojines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocinasccocinas · ccoinas · coccinas · cocians · cocinass · cocinnas · cocinsa · cocnias
  • cojinesccojines · cjoines · coijnes · cojiens · cojiness · cojinnes · cojinse · cojjines

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocinas" for "cojines" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈsinas] versus [koˈxines]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cocinas" vs "cojines" - which ranks higher?
"cocinas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,312 in our Spanish list, against #35,947 for "cojines". 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 "cocinas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cojines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,801 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocinas" and "cojines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cojedes vs cojines". 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 #98,801 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