cogidavscomíaConfusable pair

Quick tell: cogida is a participle, comía is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cogida” is a participle and “comía” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,813
“cogida” frequency rank
#13,206
“comía” frequency rank
44019
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogida comía
Definition Forma del femenino de cogido, participio de coger. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cogida and comía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cogida
5 ch
comía

Visual trap between cogida and comía

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cogida is [koˈxið̞a] while comía is [koˈmia]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cogida is recorded at frequency rank #30,813, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈxið̞a]. comía is at rank #13,206, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmia].

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 44019, this pair ranks #139,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cogida vs comía

Shared letters: aco. Private to "cogida": dgi. Private to "comía": .

"cogida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "comía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cogidaccogida · cgoida · cogdia · coggida · cogiad · cogidda · coigda · ocgida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cogida" and "comía" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cogida" is a participle and "comía" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cogida" or "comía" show up more?
"comía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,206 in our Spanish list, against #30,813 for "cogida". 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 "cogida" and "comía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cogida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogida" and "comía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogida vs copita". 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 #139,380 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