cogíavscomióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,500
“cogía” frequency rank
#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
45310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogía comió
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 comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cogía and comió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cogía and comió 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
comió

Why the eye confuses cogía with comió

A purely visual mix-up. cogía ([koˈxia]) and comió ([koˈmjo]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45310, 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]. comió is at rank #10,810, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmjo].

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 45310, this pair ranks #132,163 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cogía vs comió

Shared letters: co. Private to "cogía": agí. Private to "comió": imó.

"cogía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cogía" and "comió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈxia] versus [koˈmjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cogía" vs "comió" - which ranks higher?
"comió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,810 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cogía" and "comió" 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 "comió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,163 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogía" and "comió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogía vs coin". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #132,163 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