cogidavsCoriaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#30,813
“cogida” frequency rank
#33,508
“Coria” frequency rank
64321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogida Coria
Definition Forma del femenino de cogido, participio de coger. Ciudad de España, en la provincia de Cáceres

Where the eye mixes cogida and Coria

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cogida runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Coria's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cogida
5 ch
Coria

Look-alike desk: cogida vs Coria

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cogida is [koˈxið̞a] while Coria is [ˈkoɾja]. 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 name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64321, 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]. Coria is at rank #33,508, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈkoɾja].

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 64321, this pair ranks #45,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cogida vs Coria

Shared letters: acio. Private to "cogida": dg. Private to "Coria": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cogida ← ccogida · cgoida · cogdia · coggida · cogiad · cogidda · coigda · ocgida
  • Coria ← ccoria · coira · corai · corria · croia · ocria

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cogida" for "Coria" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cogida" is a participle and "Coria" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cogida" or "Coria"?
"cogida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,813 in our Spanish list, against #33,508 for "Coria". 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 "cogida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Coria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogida" and "Coria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs Coria". 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 #45,944 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