cohetesvscomitésWhich spelling fits?

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

#10,806
“cohetes” frequency rank
#11,193
“comités” frequency rank
21999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cohetes comités
Definition Forma del plural de cohete. Forma del plural de comité.

Where the eye mixes cohetes and comités

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

7 ch
cohetes
7 ch
comités

Look-alike desk: cohetes vs comités

A purely visual mix-up. cohetes ([koˈet̪es]) and comités ([komiˈt̪es]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cohetes is recorded at frequency rank #10,806, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈet̪es]. comités is at rank #11,193, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈt̪es].

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 21999, this pair ranks #252,392 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cohetes vs comités

Shared letters: cost. Private to "cohetes": eh. Private to "comités": imé.

"cohetes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "comités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cohetesccohetes · choetes · coehtes · coheets · cohetess · cohetse · cohettes · cohhetes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cohetes" and "comités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈet̪es] versus [komiˈt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cohetes" vs "comités" - which ranks higher?
"cohetes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,806 in our Spanish list, against #11,193 for "comités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cohetes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,392 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cohetes" and "comités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohetes vs Cojedes". 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 #252,392 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