cojinesvscomitésTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,947
“cojines” frequency rank
#11,193
“comités” frequency rank
47140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cojines comités
Definition Forma del plural de cojín. Forma del plural de comité.

Where the eye mixes cojines and comités

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cojines and comités 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
comités

Visual trap between cojines and comités

A purely visual mix-up. cojines ([koˈxines]) and comités ([komiˈt̪es]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47140, 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]. comités is at rank #11,193, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈt̪es].

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 47140, this pair ranks #121,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cojines vs comités

Shared letters: cios. Private to "cojines": ejn. Private to "comités": mté.

"cojines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "comités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cojinesccojines · cjoines · coijnes · cojiens · cojiness · cojinnes · cojinse · cojjines

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cojines" and "comités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈxines] versus [komiˈt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cojines" or "comités"?
"comités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,193 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.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cojines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cojines" and "comités" 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 #121,706 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