cojanvscuranWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,529
“cojan” frequency rank
#27,933
“curan” frequency rank
55462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cojan curan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de coger. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de curar o de curarse.

Where the eye mixes cojan and curan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
cojan
5 ch
curan

Visual trap between cojan and curan

A purely visual mix-up. cojan ([ˈkoxãn]) and curan ([ˈkuɾãn]) 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 55462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cojan is recorded at frequency rank #27,529, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkoxãn]. curan is at rank #27,933, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkuɾãn].

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 55462, this pair ranks #78,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cojan vs curan

Shared letters: acn. Private to "cojan": jo. Private to "curan": ru.

"cojan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "curan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cojanccojan · cjoan · coajn · cojann · cojjan · cojna · ocjan
  • curanccuran · cruan · cuarn · curann · curna · curran · ucran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cojan" for "curan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkoxãn] versus [ˈkuɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cojan" or "curan"?
"cojan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,529 in our Spanish list, against #27,933 for "curan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cojan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "curan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cojan" and "curan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuadran vs curan". 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 #78,773 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