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

#35,947
“cojines” frequency rank
#7,683
“cojones” frequency rank
43630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cojines cojones
Definition Forma del plural de cojín. Forma del plural de cojón.

Where the eye mixes cojines and cojones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cojines and cojones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cojines
7 ch
cojones

Visual trap between cojines and cojones

A purely visual mix-up. cojines ([koˈxines]) and cojones ([koˈxones]) 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 a single letter - i in “cojines” becomes o in “cojones”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cojines is recorded at frequency rank #35,947, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈxines]. cojones is at rank #7,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈxones].

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 43630, this pair ranks #141,587 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cojines vs cojones

Shared letters: cejnos. Private to "cojines": i. Private to "cojones": -.

"cojines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cojones" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cojinesccojines · cjoines · coijnes · cojiens · cojiness · cojinnes · cojinse · cojjines
  • cojonesccojones · cjoones · cojjones · cojnoes · cojoens · cojoness · cojonnes · cojonse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cojines" and "cojones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈxines] versus [koˈxones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cojines" or "cojones" show up more?
"cojones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,683 in our Spanish list, against #35,947 for "cojines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cojines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cojones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,587 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cojines" and "cojones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cojedes vs cojines". 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 #141,587 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