cojavsconTell them apart

Quick tell: coja is a adjective, con is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coja” is an adjective and “con” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,075
“coja” frequency rank
#16
“con” frequency rank
17091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coja con
Definition Forma del singular femenino de cojo. En compañía de.

Where the eye mixes coja and con

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
coja
3 ch
con

Look-alike desk: coja vs con

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coja is [ˈkoxa] while con is [kõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coja is recorded at frequency rank #17,075, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkoxa]. con is at rank #16, tagged as aprep, pronounced [kõn].

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 17091, this pair ranks #273,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of coja vs con

Shared letters: co. Private to "coja": aj. Private to "con": n.

"coja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "con" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cojaccoja · cjoa · coaj · cojja · ocja

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coja" and "con" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coja" is an adjective and "con" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coja" vs "con" - which ranks higher?
"con" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16 in our Spanish list, against #17,075 for "coja". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "coja" and "con" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "con" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coja" and "con" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs coja". 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 #273,585 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