cogidosvscómicosTell them apart

Quick tell: cogidos is a participle, cómicos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cogidos” is a participle and “cómicos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,004
“cogidos” frequency rank
#24,454
“cómicos” frequency rank
71458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cogidos cómicos
Definition Forma del plural de cogido, participio de coger. Forma del plural de cómico.

Where the eye mixes cogidos and cómicos

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

7 ch
cogidos
7 ch
cómicos

Why the eye confuses cogidos with cómicos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cogidos is [koˈxið̞os] while cómicos is [ˈkomikos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cogidos is recorded at frequency rank #47,004, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈxið̞os]. cómicos is at rank #24,454, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkomikos].

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 71458, this pair ranks #27,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cogidos vs cómicos

Shared letters: cios. Private to "cogidos": dg. Private to "cómicos": mó.

"cogidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cómicos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cogidos ← ccogidos · cgoidos · cogdios · coggidos · cogiddos · cogidoss · cogidso · cogiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cogidos" for "cómicos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cogidos" is a participle and "cómicos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cogidos" or "cómicos" show up more?
"cómicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,454 in our Spanish list, against #47,004 for "cogidos". 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 "cogidos" and "cómicos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cogidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cómicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,474 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cogidos" and "cómicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cogimos". 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 #27,474 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