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“cohete” and “corte” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,736
“cohete” frequency rank
#803
“corte” frequency rank
12539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cohete corte
Definition Artefacto autopropulsado que obtiene su empuje por la reacción de la expulsión rápida de gases de combustión. Acción de cortar o de cortarse.

Where the eye mixes cohete and corte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cohete
5 ch
corte

Visual trap between cohete and corte

A purely visual mix-up. cohete ([koˈet̪e]) and corte ([ˈkoɾt̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cohete is recorded at frequency rank #11,736, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈet̪e]. corte is at rank #803, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoɾt̪e].

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 12539, this pair ranks #291,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cohete vs corte

Shared letters: ceot. Private to "cohete": h. Private to "corte": r.

"cohete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "corte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coheteccohete · choete · coehte · coheet · cohette · cohhete · cohtee · ochete
  • corteccorte · coret · corrte · cortte · cotre · crote · ocrte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cohete" and "corte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈet̪e] versus [ˈkoɾt̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cohete" or "corte" show up more?
"corte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #803 in our Spanish list, against #11,736 for "cohete". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cohete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cohete" and "corte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachete vs cohete". 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 #291,184 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