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

#31,703
“cogemos” frequency rank
#11,737
“comemos” frequency rank
43440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogemos comemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de coger. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cogemos and comemos

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

7 ch
cogemos
7 ch
comemos

Look-alike desk: cogemos vs comemos

A purely visual mix-up. cogemos ([koˈxemos]) and comemos ([koˈmemos]) 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 - g in “cogemos” becomes m in “comemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cogemos is recorded at frequency rank #31,703, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈxemos]. comemos is at rank #11,737, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmemos].

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 43440, this pair ranks #142,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cogemos vs comemos

Shared letters: cemos. Private to "cogemos": g. Private to "comemos": -.

"cogemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "comemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cogemos ← ccogemos · cgoemos · coegmos · cogemmos · cogemoss · cogemso · cogeoms · coggemos
  • comemos ← ccomemos · cmoemos · coemmos · comemmos · comemoss · comemso · comeoms · commemos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cogemos" for "comemos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈxemos] versus [koˈmemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cogemos" or "comemos"?
"comemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,737 in our Spanish list, against #31,703 for "cogemos". 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 "cogemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogemos" and "comemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogemos vs contemos". 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 #142,641 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