cojínvscomióWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cojín is a noun, comió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cojín” is a noun and “comió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,502
“cojín” frequency rank
#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
45312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cojín comió
Definition Saco pequeño de material textil y relleno muelle, que se usa para apoyar con más comodidad alguna parte del cuerpo Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cojín and comió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cojín (CVCVC) and comió (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cojín
5 ch
comió

Visual trap between cojín and comió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cojín is [koˈxĩn] while comió is [koˈmjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cojín is recorded at frequency rank #34,502, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈxĩn]. comió is at rank #10,810, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmjo].

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 45312, this pair ranks #132,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cojín vs comió

Shared letters: co. Private to "cojín": jní. Private to "comió": imó.

"cojín" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cojín" and "comió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cojín" is a noun and "comió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cojín" or "comió" show up more?
"comió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,810 in our Spanish list, against #34,502 for "cojín". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cojín" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cojín" and "comió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs cojín". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #132,150 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