cogidavscosidoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#30,813
“cogida” frequency rank
#44,668
“cosido” frequency rank
75481
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogida cosido
Definition Forma del femenino de cogido, participio de coger. Participio de coser o de coserse.

Where the eye mixes cogida and cosido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cogida and cosido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
cogida
6 ch
cosido

Why the eye confuses cogida with cosido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cogida is [koˈxið̞a] while cosido is [koˈsið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75481, 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]. cosido is at rank #44,668, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈsið̞o].

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 75481, this pair ranks #19,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cogida vs cosido

Shared letters: cdio. Private to "cogida": ag. Private to "cosido": s.

"cogida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cosido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cogida ← ccogida · cgoida · cogdia · coggida · cogiad · cogidda · coigda · ocgida
  • cosido ← ccosido · coisdo · cosdio · cosiddo · cosiod · cossido · csoido · ocsido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cogida" and "cosido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cogida" is a participle and "cosido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cogida" or "cosido" show up more?
"cogida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,813 in our Spanish list, against #44,668 for "cosido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cogida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cosido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogida" and "cosido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cosido". 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 #19,460 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