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

#36,472
“coincidía” frequency rank
#17,909
“coincido” frequency rank
54381
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coincidía coincido
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de coincidir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de coincidir.

Where the eye mixes coincidía and coincido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. coincidía runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVV) against coincido's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
coincidía
8 ch
coincido

Visual trap between coincidía and coincido

A purely visual mix-up. coincidía ([kõjnsiˈð̞ia]) and coincido ([kõjnˈsið̞o]) 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 54381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coincidía is recorded at frequency rank #36,472, classified as averb, pronounced [kõjnsiˈð̞ia]. coincido is at rank #17,909, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõjnˈsið̞o].

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 54381, this pair ranks #83,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coincidía vs coincido

Shared letters: cdino. Private to "coincidía": . Private to "coincido": -.

"coincidía" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV  ·  "coincido" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coincidoccoincido · cioncido · coicnido · coinccido · coincdio · coinciddo · coinciod · coinicdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coincidía" for "coincido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõjnsiˈð̞ia] versus [kõjnˈsið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "coincidía" vs "coincido" - which ranks higher?
"coincido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,909 in our Spanish list, against #36,472 for "coincidía". 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 "coincidía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coincido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coincidía" and "coincido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coincidía vs concedía". 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 #83,585 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