Which to use
“cohesión” and “comisión” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,790
- “cohesión” frequency rank
- #839
- “comisión” frequency rank
- 15629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohesión | comisión |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de adherirse o reunirse y enlazarse las cosas entre sí. | Acción de cometer. |
Where the eye mixes cohesión and comisión
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cohesión and comisión follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cohesión with comisión
A purely visual mix-up. cohesión ([koeˈsjõn]) and comisión ([komiˈsjõn]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohesión is recorded at frequency rank #14,790, classified as anoun, pronounced [koeˈsjõn]. comisión is at rank #839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈsjõn].
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 15629, this pair ranks #279,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cohesión vs comisión
Shared letters: cinosó. Private to "cohesión": eh. Private to "comisión": m.
"cohesión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "comisión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cohesión" for "comisión" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cohesión" or "comisión"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cohesión" and "comisión" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohesión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comisión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohesión" and "comisión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohesión vs colusión". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #279,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.