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

#34,500
“cogía” frequency rank
#12,334
“cogió” frequency rank
46834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogía cogió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coger. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de coger.

Where the eye mixes cogía and cogió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cogía and cogió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
cogía
5 ch
cogió

Look-alike desk: cogía vs cogió

A purely visual mix-up. cogía ([koˈxia]) and cogió ([koˈxjo]) 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 46834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cogía is recorded at frequency rank #34,500, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈxia]. cogió is at rank #12,334, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈxjo].

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 46834, this pair ranks #123,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cogía vs cogió

Shared letters: cgo. Private to "cogía": aí. Private to "cogió": ió.

"cogía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "cogió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cogía" and "cogió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈxia] versus [koˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cogía" or "cogió" show up more?
"cogió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,334 in our Spanish list, against #34,500 for "cogía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cogía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cogió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogía" and "cogió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogía vs coin". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #123,456 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